Author : Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1728439787
An immersive, high-interest approach to the highly curricular topic of biomes
Author : D.E. Reichle
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 13,90 MB
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642855873
A series of concise books, each by one or several authors, will provide prompt, world-wide information on approaches to analyzing ecological systems and their interacting parts. Syntheses of results in turn will illustrate the effectiveness, and the limitations, of current knowledge. This series aims to help overcome the fragmen tation of our understanding about natural and managed landscapes and water- about man and the many other organisms which depend on these environments. We may sometimes seem complacent that our environment has supported many civilizations fairly well - better in some parts of the Earth than in others. Modern technology has mastered some difficulties but creates new ones faster than we anticipate. Pressures of human and other animal populations now highlight complex ecological problems of practical importance and theoretical scientific interest. In every climatic-biotic zone, changes in plants, soils, waters, air and other resources which support life are accelerating. Such changes engulf not only regions already crowded or exploited. They spill over into more natural areas where contrasting choices for future use should remain open to our descendents-where Nature's own balances and imbalances can be interpreted by imaginative research, and need to be.
Author : Dominick A. DellaSala
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1597266760
Temperate rainforests are biogeographically unique. Compared to their tropical counterparts, temperate rainforests are rarer and are found disproportionately along coastlines. Because most temperate rainforests are marked by the intersection of marine, terrestrial, and freshwater systems, these rich ecotones are among the most productive regions on Earth. Globally, temperate rainforests store vast amounts of carbon, provide habitat for scores of rare and endemic species with ancient affinities, and sustain complex food-web dynamics. In spite of their global significance, however, protection levels for these ecosystems are far too low to sustain temperate rainforests under a rapidly changing global climate and ever expanding human footprint. Therefore, a global synthesis is needed to provide the latest ecological science and call attention to the conservation needs of temperate and boreal rainforests. A concerted effort to internationalize the plight of the world’s temperate and boreal rainforests is underway around the globe; this book offers an essential (and heretofore missing) tool for that effort. DellaSala and his contributors tell a compelling story of the importance of temperate and boreal rainforests that includes some surprises (e.g., South Africa, Iran, Turkey, Japan, Russia). This volume provides a comprehensive reference from which to build a collective vision of their future.
Author : Elgene O. Box
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,62 MB
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319348445
Warm-temperate deciduous forests are "southern", mainly oak-dominated deciduous forests, as found over the warmer southern parts of the temperate deciduous forest regions of East Asia, Europe and eastern North America. Climatic analysis has shown that these forests extend from typical temperate climates to well into the warm-temperate zone, in areas where winters are a bit too cold for the ‘zonal’ evergreen broad-leaved forests normally expected in that climatic zone. This book is the first to recognize and describe these southern deciduous forests as an alternative to the evergreen forests of the warm-temperate zone. This warm-temperate zone will become more important under global warming, since it represents the contested transition between deciduous and evergreen forests and between tropical and temperate floristic elements. This book is dedicated to the memory of Tatsuō Kira, the imaginative Japanese ecologist who first noticed and described this general zonation exception and who proposed the name warm-temperate deciduous forest.
Author : Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 17,43 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822574969
Profiles a variety of North American forest consumers, producers, and decomposers, explaining how each one fits into the region.
Author : Elizabeth Kaplan
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Learn all about a temperate forest with its climatic conditions, plants, and animals that interact and create a delicate natural balance.
Author : Heather Moore Niver
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 12,35 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1508106711
Forests fascinate readers and hikers alike. And the deciduous forest, perhaps the "classic" forest biome, fills our stories and is the go-to spot for many outdoor activities. This informative book describes the forest many think they know, presenting the abundant life within, including trees, animals, plants, and even moss. Readers will learn about its iconic four seasons, as well as why trees drop their leaves and change from green to the brilliant hues of autumn. Thought-provoking sidebars prompt further investigation.
Author : Margaret Lowman
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 15,69 MB
Release : 2004-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0124575536
The treetops of the world's forests are where discovery and opportunity abound, however they have been relatively inaccessible until recently. This book represents an authoritative synthesis of data, anecdotes, case studies, observations, and recommendations from researchers and educators who have risked life and limb in their advocacy of the High Frontier. With innovative rope techniques, cranes, walkways, dirigibles, and towers, they finally gained access to the rich biodiversity that lives far above the forest floor and the emerging science of canopy ecology. In this new edition of Forest Canopies, nearly 60 scientists and educators from around the world look at the biodiversity, ecology, evolution, and conservation of forest canopy ecosystems. Comprehensive literature list State-of-the-art results and data sets from current field work Foremost scientists in the field of canopy ecology Expanded collaboration of researchers and international projects User-friendly format with sidebars and case studies Keywords and outlines for each chapter
Author : John A. Stanturf
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 2015-08-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1482211971
Humans have influenced the landscapes and forests throughout the temperate and boreal zones for millennia. Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Second Edition focuses on the negative impact of human activity, and explains the importance of forest restoration as a way to repair habitat, restore forest structure and function, and counteract t
Author : Suzanne Slade
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 31,57 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : 1404860207
Discusses the temperate forest ecosystem and the role of the gray wolf in helping to maintain it, describing the wolf's place on the food chain and what would happen to the temperate forest if the gray wolf were to become extinct.
