The Distribution of Forest Trees in California
Author : James R. Griffin
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Forest ecology
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Author : James R. Griffin
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Forest ecology
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Author : James R. Griffin
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 32,16 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN :
Author : Verna R. Johnston
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 1996-06-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520202481
From majestic Redwoods to ancient Western Bristlecone Pines, California's trees have long inspired artists, poets, naturalists—and real estate developers. Verna Johnston's splendid book, illustrated with her superb color photographs and Carla Simmons's detailed black-and-white drawings, now offers an unparalleled view of the Golden State's world-renowned forests and woodlands. In clear, vivid prose, Johnston introduces each of the state's dominant forest types. She describes the unique characteristics of the trees and the interrelationships of the plants and animals living among them, and she analyzes how fire, flood, fungi, weather, soil, and humans have affected the forest ecology. The world of forest and woodland animals comes alive in these pages—the mating games, predation patterns, communal life, and the microscopic environment of invertebrates and fungi are all here. Johnston also presents a sobering view of the environmental hazards that threaten the state's trees: acid snow, ozone, blister rust, over-logging. Noting the interconnectedness of the diverse life forms within tree regions, she suggests possible answers to the problems currently plaguing these areas. Enriched by the observations of early naturalists and Johnston's many years of fieldwork, this is a book that will be welcomed by all who care about California's treasured forests and woodlands.
Author : Samuel Bonsall Parish
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Page : 3 pages
File Size : 32,7 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Tree introduction
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Author : L. H. Reineke
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 37,48 MB
Release : 1932
Category : Trees
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Author : William Burke Critchfield
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Botany
ISBN :
The scope of this publication is limited to mappable information about where pines grow naturally at present. We have not tried to relate present distribution to the fossil record, nor have we tried to indicate the ecological and historical factors controlling species distribution. The elevations at which pines grow are mentioned only in the most general terms; this aspect of distribution is intimately related to latitude, topography, and other features of the local environment.
Author : Anne Sands
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Nature
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Experimental forests
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Author : David John Nowak
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Community forests
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Author : Harold Mooney
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520278801
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.