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The longleaf pine ecosystem, once one of the most extensive ecosystems in North America, is now among the most threatened. Over the past few centuries, land clearing, logging, fire suppression, and the encroachment of more aggressive plants have led to an overwhelming decrease in the ecosystem's size, to approximately 2.2% of its original coverage. Despite this devastation, the range of the longleaf still extends from Virginia to Texas. Through the combined efforts of organizations such as the USDA Forest Service, the Longleaf Alliance, and the Nature Conservancy, extensive programs to conserve, restore, and manage the ecosystem are currently underway.
The longleaf pine ecosystem is valued not only for its aesthetic appeal, but also for its outstanding biodiversity, habitat value, and for the quality of the longleaf pine lumber. It has a natural resistance to fire and insects, and supports more than thirty threatened or endangered plant and animal species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker and the gopher tortoise.
The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem unites a wealth of current information on the ecology, silviculture, and restoration of this ecosystem. The book also includes a discussion of the significant historical, social, and political aspects of ecosystem management, making it a valuable resource for students, land managers, ecologists, private landowners, government agencies, consultants, and the forest products industry.
About the Editors:
Dr. Shibu Jose is Associate Professor of Forest Ecology and Dr. Eric J. Jokela is Professor of Silviculture at the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Dr. Deborah L. Miller is Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida in Milton.
List of contents
From the contents:
Introduction.- Longleaf pine ecosystem: An overview.- History and future of the longleaf pine ecosystem.- Ecological Classification of longleaf pine woodlands.- Longleaf pine regeneration ecology and methods.- Plant competition, facilitation, and overstory- understory interactions in longleaf pine ecosystems.- Vertebrate faunal diversity of longleaf pine ecosystems.- Uneven-aged silviculture of longleaf pine.- Longleaf pine growth and yield.- Restoring the overstory of longleaf pine ecosystems.- Restoring the ground layer of longleaf pine ecosystems.- Reintroduction of fauna to longleaf pine ecosystems: Opportunities and challenges.- Spatial ecology and restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem.- Longleaf pine restoration: Economics and policy.- Role of public-private partnerships in restoration: A case study.
About the author
Shibu Jose is Professor of Forest Ecology in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida. He has authored more than 100 research articles that deal with ecological interactions, production ecology, and restoration ecology and edited four books. He currently serves as Editor-In-Chief of Agroforestry Systems, Book Review Editor of Forest Science, and Editorial Board Member of Research Letters in Ecology. He has also served as Editor of Journal of Forestry and Editorial Board Member of Tree Physiology in the past.
Summary
This book unites a wealth of current information on the ecology, silviculture and restoration of the Longleaf Pine ecosystem. The book includes a discussion of the significant historical, social and political aspects of ecosystem management, making it a valuable resource for students, land managers, ecologists, private landowners, government agencies, consultants and the forest products industry.
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"… Die von Pinus palustris beherrschte Waldfläche … gilt heute als eine Existenz bedrohte Baumart in Nordamerika. Das erklärt das neu erwachte Interesse an dieser Art, der mit dem vorliegenden Werk eine umfassende Studie gewidmet ist. Sie umfasst vier Hauptabschnitte: Einführung mit Geschichte und Gegenwart der Ökosysteme, Ökologie, Waldbau und Wiederherstellung von Pinus palustris geprägter Waldtypen. Das Werk kann als vorbildlich für eine moderne forstliche Monographie gelten und wird daher sicherlich auch über Nordamerika hinaus Interesse finden."
(Ernst Röhrig, in: Forstarchiv, 2006, Vol. 77, Issue 6, S. 225)
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Aus den Rezensionen:
"... Die von Pinus palustris beherrschte Waldfläche ... gilt heute als eine Existenz bedrohte Baumart in Nordamerika. Das erklärt das neu erwachte Interesse an dieser Art, der mit dem vorliegenden Werk eine umfassende Studie gewidmet ist. Sie umfasst vier Hauptabschnitte: Einführung mit Geschichte und Gegenwart der Ökosysteme, Ökologie, Waldbau und Wiederherstellung von Pinus palustris geprägter Waldtypen. Das Werk kann als vorbildlich für eine moderne forstliche Monographie gelten und wird daher sicherlich auch über Nordamerika hinaus Interesse finden."
(Ernst Röhrig, in: Forstarchiv, 2006, Vol. 77, Issue 6, S. 225)
