Hemlock a forest giant on the edge / David R. Foster, editor ; Benjamin Baiser, Audrey Barker Plotkin, Anthony D'Amato, Aaron Ellison, David Foster, David Orwig, Wyatt Oswald, Jonathan Thompson ; Stephen Long, consulting editor.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014] |
| Description | xxviii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Foster, David R., 1954- |
| Other author/creator | Baiser, Benjamin. |
| Other author/creator | Plotkin, Audrey Baker. |
| Other author/creator | D'Amato, Anthony. |
| Other author/creator | Ellison, Aaron M., 1960- |
| Other author/creator | Foster, David. |
| Other author/creator | Orwig, David. |
| Other author/creator | Oswald, Wyatt. |
| Other author/creator | Thompson, Jonathan. |
| Other author/creator | Long, Stephen. |
| Contents | Hemlock's future in the context of its past -- An iconic species -- Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. I. the Pisgah forest -- Prehistory to present -- Tree-falls and tanbark -- Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. II. Bob Marshall's plot -- Hemlock as a foundation species -- A range-wide hemlock decline -- Invasion of an exotic pest -- Cut or girdle -- Modeling the dynamics of a forest giant -- Reprise : eastern hemlock as a foundation species -- Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. III. the Earl Stephens plot. When doing nothing is a viable alternative : insights into conservation and management -- Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. IV. Three views from John Sanderson's woodlot -- Lament.. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013042752 |
| ISBN | 9780300179385 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300179383 (hardcover : alk. paper) |