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An ecological survey, bringing together the work of 41 specialists. They describe the people, geology and soils, climate, water and aquatic ecosystems, vegetation patterns, plants and animals, and animal communities of the Pine Barrens, a 2000 square mile forested landscape in New Jersey.
List of contents
Introduction: Location and Boundaries of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Jack McCormick and Richard T. T. Forman
1. Human Exploitation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens Before 1900 / Peter O. Wacker
2. Plant and Animal Products of the Pine Barrens / James E. Applegate, Silas Little and Philip E. Marucci
3. Geology of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey / Edward C. Rhodehamel
4. Development of Pine Barrens Soils / John C. F. Tedrow
5. Soil Series of the Pine Barrens / Marco L. Markley
6. Mineralogy of Pine Barrens Soils / Lowell A. Douglas and John J. Trela
7. Climate and Microclimate of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / A. Vaughn Havens
8. Fluxes of Water and Energy Through the Pine Barrens Ecosystems / John Thomas Ballard
9. Hydrology of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Edward C. Rhodehamel
10. Streams and Lakes in the Pine Barrens / Ruth Patrick, Barbara Matson and Lee Anderson
11. Nutrient and Hydrological Effects of the Pine Barrens on Neighboring Estuaries / James B. Durand
12. Vegetational History of the Pine Barrens / Calvin J. Heusser
13. The Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Jack McCormick
14. Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: A Phytosociological Classification / Hans Olsson
15. Vegetational Gradients of the Pine Plains and Barrens of Long Island, New York / Linda S. Olsvig, John F. Cryan and Robert H. Whittaker
16. The Pine Barren Plains / Ralph E. Good, Norma F. Good and John W. Andresen
17. Fire and Plant Succession in the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Silas Little
18. Vegetational Relationships of the Pine Barrens / Robert H. Whittaker
19. Leaky Ecosystems: Nutrient Fluxes and Succession in the Pine Barrens Vegetation / George M. Woodwell
20. Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida Mill.): Ecology, Physiology, and Genetics / F. Thomas Ledig and Silas Little. 21. Common Vascular Plants of the Pine Barrens / Wayne R. Ferren, Jr., John W. Braxton and Louis Hand
22. Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Vascular Plants of the Pine Barrens and their Biogeography / David E. Fairbrothers
23. Common Bryophytes and Lichens of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Richard T. T. Forman
24. Algae of the Pine Barrens / Edwin T. Moul and Helen Foot Buell
25. Mammals of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Leonard J. Wolgast
26. Birds of the Pine Barrens / Charles F. Leck
27. A Zoogeographical Review of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Southern New Jersey, with Emphasis on the Pine Barrens / Roger Conant
28. Fish of the Pine Barrens / Robert W. Hastings
29. Arthropods of the Pine Barrens / Howard P. Boyd and Philip E. Marucci
30. Soil Arthropod Microcommunities of the Pine Barrens / Daniel L. Dindal
31. Animal Communities of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Edmund W. Stiles
32. Ecological Research Opportunities in the New Jersey Pine Barrens / William A. Reiners
33. The Pine Barrens of New Jersey: An Ecological Mosaic / Richard T. T. Forman
About the author
Richard T. T. Forman is the PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology at Harvard University and author of Landscape Ecology, Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-use Planning , and the award-winning Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions .
Summary
An ecological survey, bringing together the work of 41 specialists. They describe the people, geology and soils, climate, water and aquatic ecosystems, vegetation patterns, plants and animals, and animal communities of the Pine Barrens, a 2000 square mile forested landscape in New Jersey.
