The rain forests of home : profile of a North American bioregion / edited by Peter K. Schoonmaker, Bettina von Hagen, and Edward C. Wolf ; foreword by M. Patricia Marchak and Jerry F. Franklin.

Other author Schoonmaker, Peter K.
Other author Von Hagen, Bettina.
Other author Wolf, Edward C.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxvi, 431 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Subjects

Variant title Rainforests of home
Contents Oceanography of the Eastern North Pacific / David K. Salmon -- Climate of the coastal temperate rain forest / Kelly Redmond and George Taylor -- Influence of geological processes on ecological systems / David R. Montgomery -- Vegetation from ridgetop to seashore / Paul Alaback and Jim Pojar -- Terrestrial vertebrates / Fred L. Bunnell and Ann C. Chan-McLeod -- Streams and rivers: their physical and biological variability / Robert J. Naiman and Eric C. Anderson -- Terrestrial/marine ecotone / Charles A. Simenstad, Megan Dethier, Colin Levings, and Douglas Hay -- Pacific salmon: life histories, diversity, productivity / Willa Nehlsen and James A. Lichatowich.
Contents Environmental history / Richard J. Hebda and Cathy Whitlock -- Pre-European history / Wayne Suttles and Kenneth Ames -- Traditional ecological knowledge / Nancy J. Turner -- "Great raincoast": the legacy of European settlement / William G. Robbins -- Economic and demographic transition on the Oregon coast / Hans D. Radtke, Shannon W. Davis, Rebecca L. Johnson, and Kreg Lindberg -- From ecosystem dynamics to ecosystem management / Ken Lertzman, Tom Spies, and Fred Swanson -- Vision for conservation-based development in the rain forests of home / Peter K. Schoonmaker, Bettina von Hagen, and Erin L. Kellogg.
Local noteLittle-301858--305131007670X
General noteDeveloped from a conference held at the Whistler Resort near Vancouver, B.C. in late Aug. 1994.
General note"Ecotrust/Interrain Pacific."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96032773
ISBN1559634790 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN1559634804 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QH104.5.P32 R35 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold