Reading the Forested Landscape - A Natural History of New England

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.

About the author

Tom Wessels is an ecologist and the author of Reading the Forested Landscape and Forest Forensics. He is the director of the Environmental Biology program at Antioch New England Graduate School.Brian D. Cohen is a printmaker, artist, teacher, and publisher of fine edition letterpress books.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Wessels, Wessels Tom
• Assisted by: Brian D Cohen (Illustration), Brian D. Cohen (Illustration), Cohen Brian D. (Illustration), Ann H. Zwinger (Foreword)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.1999
• EAN: 9780881504200
• ISBN: 978-0-88150-420-0
• Dimensions: 231 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 511 g
• Illustrations: 60 black-and-white etchings and illustrations
• Series: NATURE
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; NATURE / General, The countryside, country life: general interest, The countryside, country life, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, US Northeast