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Forest pattern and ecological process
2010 Whitley Certificate of Commendation for Zoological TextForest Pattern and Ecological Process is a major synthesis of 25 years of intensiveresearch about the montane ash forests of Victoria, which support the world's tallestflowering plants and several of Australia's most high profile threatened and/orendangered species. It draws together major insights based on over 170 publishedscientific papers and books, offering a previously unrecognised set of perspectivesof how forests function. The book combines key strands of research on wildfires, biodiversity conservation,logging, conservation management, climate change and basic forest ecology andmanagement. It is divided into seven sections: introduction and background; forestcover and the composition of the forest; the structure of the forest; animaloccurrence; disturbance regimes; forest management; and overview and futuredirections. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs and line drawings, Forest Pattern andEcological Process is an essential reference for forest researchers, resourcemanagers, conservation and wildlife biologists, ornithologists and mammalogists,policy makers, as well as general readers with interests in wildlife and forests.
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Hollows, peepers, and highlanders
In this revised and expanded edition of Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders, author George Constantz, a biologist and naturalist, writes about the beauty and nature of the Appalachian landscape. While the information is scientific in nature, Constantz's accessible descriptions of the adaptation of various organisms to their environment enable the reader to enjoy learning about the Appalachian ecosystem. The book is divided into three sections: \"Stage and Theater,\" \"The Players,\" and \"Seasonal Act.\" Each section sets the scene and describes the events occurring in nature. \"Stage and Theatre\" is comprised of chapters that describe the origins of the Appalachia region. \"The Players\" is an interesting and in-depth look into the ecology of animals, such as the mating rituals of different species, and the evolutionary explanation for the adaptation of Appalachian wildlife. The last section, \"Seasonal Act,\" makes note of the changes in Appalachian weather each season and its effect on the inhabitants.
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Let's visit the deciduous forest
\"This title introduces primary readers to the deciduous forest biome, presenting the biome in a way early readers can understand--through things that can actually be seen, touched, and heard in a deciduous forest.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Saving the World's Deciduous Forests
Deciduous forests have been remarkably resilient throughout their history, recovering from major shifts in climate and surviving periods of massive deforestation. But today the world's great forests confront more ominous threats than ever before. This visionary book is the first to examine forests consisting of oaks, maples, hickories, beeches, chestnuts, birches and ecologically similar animals and plants on three continents-East Asia, Europe, and North America-to reveal their common origin back in time, the ecological patterns they share, and the approaches to conservation that have been attempted on their behalf.Although these forests face common problems, threats due to human activities vary. Different land use and agricultural practices on the three continents, as well as different attitudes about what is worth preserving, have led to strikingly different approaches to forest conservation. Robert Askins explores the strengths and weaknesses of conservation efforts across the continents and concludes that the ideal strategy for the future will blend the best ideas from each.
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Forest food webs in action
Beetles, toads, squirrels, owls, deer, and black bears are some of the many animals that make up a forest food web. But did you know that leaves, berries, mushrooms, and tiny bacteria are also important? Or that humans can affect the health of a forest? See forest food webs in action in this fascinating book.
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The jewel hunter
A tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year.
Insightful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his midlife crisis. A travelogue with a difference, it follows a journey from the suburban straitjacket of High Wycombe to the steamy, leech-infested rainforests of remotest Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Dangerous situations, personal traumas, and logistical nightmares threaten The Jewel Hunter's progress. Will venomous snakes or razor-clawed bears intervene? Or will running out of fuel mid-Pacific ultimately sink the mission? The race is on. . . .
If you've ever yearned to escape your day job, wondered what makes men tick, or simply puzzled over how to make a truly world-class cup of tea, this is a book for you.
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1001 ants
\"We're on an adventure with 1,001 ants! Come visit the ants in their home, meet their queen, and discover how they look after their colony. Then join them on a walk through the forest, discovering plants, insects, mushrooms, and animals that live outside and in our yards.\"--From publisher.
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A large non-parasitic population of Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) in the Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro)
The golden coral
Savalia savaglia
is a long-living ecosystem engineer of Mediterranean circalittoral assemblages, able to induce necrosis of gorgonians’ and black corals’ coenenchyme and grow on their cleaned organic skeleton. Despite its rarity, in Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro) a shallow population of more than 1000 colonies was recorded close to underwater freshwater springs, which create very peculiar environmental conditions. In this context, the species was extremely abundant at two sites, while gorgonians were rare. The abundance and size of
S. savaglia
colonies and the diversity of the entire benthic assemblage were investigated by photographic sampling in a depth range of 0–35 m. Several living fragments of
S. savaglia
spread on the sea floor and small settled colonies (< 5 cm high) suggested a high incidence of asexual reproduction and a non-parasitic behaviour of this population. This was confirmed by studying thin sections of the basal portion of the trunk where the central core, generally represented by the remains of the gorgonian host skeleton, was lacking. The
S. savaglia
population of Boka Kotorska Bay forms the unique Mediterranean assemblage of the species deserving the definition of animal forest. Recently, temporary mitigation measures for anthropogenic impact were issued by the Government of Montenegro. Nevertheless, due to the importance of the sites the establishment of a permanent Marine Protected Area is strongly recommended.
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