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 InfoNew Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxxviii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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Other author/creatorFoster, David R., 1954-
Other author/creatorBaiser, Benjamin.
Other author/creatorPlotkin, Audrey Baker.
Other author/creatorD'Amato, Anthony.
Other author/creatorEllison, Aaron M., 1960-
Other author/creatorFoster, David.
Other author/creatorOrwig, David.
Other author/creatorOswald, Wyatt.
Other author/creatorThompson, Jonathan.
Other author/creatorLong, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index.
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LCCN 2013042752
ISBN9780300179385 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0300179383 (hardcover : alk. paper)