Temperate Forests

Temperate Forests

by Allaby, Michael

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Explores biodiversity and why preserving it is so important. This book surveys the distribution of certain trees, how soil forms and is classified scientifically, how water flows through it, and what forests soils are like. It also contrasts the efforts to conserve forests with the way forests were portrayed in folklore, often as dangerous.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Temperate Forests.

Summary

Explores biodiversity and why preserving it is so important. This book surveys the distribution of certain trees, how soil forms and is classified scientifically, how water flows through it, and what forests soils are like. It also contrasts the efforts to conserve forests with the way forests were portrayed in folklore, often as dangerous.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Infobase Pub
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (289 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781438100661, 1438100663
  • oclc:ocn476199204
  • LC Classification:QH541.5.F6
  • Dewey Decimal:557.3

Table of Contents

TOC; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch 1: Geography of Temperate Forests; Ch 2: Geology of Temperate Forests; Ch 3: Climate of Temperate Forests; Ch 4: How Trees Work; Ch 5: Ecology of Temperate Forests; Ch 6: Biodiversity and Temperate Forests; Ch 7: History of Temperate Forests; Ch 8: Uses of Temperate Forests; Ch 9: Managing Temperate Forests; Ch 10: Health of Temperate Forests; Conclusion; SI Units and Conversions; Soil Classification; Geologic Time Scale; Glossary; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index.

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Subjects

Forest ecology

Writers

Allaby, Michael

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