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Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England (Nature)

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ISBN13: 9780881504200
ISBN10: 0881504203
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Landscape is much more than scenery to be observed or even terrain to be traveled, as this fascinating and many-layered book vividly shows us. Etched into the land is the history of how we have inhabited it, the storms and fires that have shaped it, and its response to these and other changes. An intrepid sleuth and articulate tutor, Wessels teaches us to read a landscape the way we might solve a mystery. What exactly is the meaning of all those stone walls in the middle of the forest? Why do beech and birch trees have smooth bark when the bark of all other northern species is rough? How do you tell the age of a beaver pond and determine if beavers still live there? Why are pine trees dominant in one patch of forest and maples in another? What happened to the American chestnut? Turn to this book for the answers, and no walk in the woods will ever be the same.
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ISBN:
9780881504200
Subtitle:
A Natural History of New England
Foreword:
Cohen, Brian D.
Illustrator:
Cohen, Brian D.
Author:
Wessels, Tom
Author:
Zwinger, Ann H.
Author:
Zwinger, Ann H.
Publisher:
Countryman Press
Location:
Woodstock, Vt. :
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Forest ecology
Subject:
Forests & Forestry
Subject:
Natural history
Subject:
Landscape ecology
Subject:
Natural history -- New England.
Subject:
Trees & Forests
Subject:
Trees & Forests - General
Subject:
Forest ecology -- New England.
Edition Number:
Pbk. ed.
Edition Description:
Pbk
Series:
Nature
Publication Date:
January 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
7.98x9.04x.52 in. 1.14 lbs.
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