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Informationen zum Autor E. C. Pielou Klappentext E. C. Pielou introduces the biology of the northern forests and provides a unique invitation to naturalists, ecologists, foresters, and everyone who wants to learn about this unique and threatened northern world and the species that make it their home. Zusammenfassung E. C. Pielou introduces the biology of the northern forests and provides a unique invitation to naturalists, ecologists, foresters, and everyone who wants to learn about this unique and threatened northern world and the species that make it their home. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Origin of the Evergreen Forests Conifers and the Ice Age - The Advantages of Being Evergreen - The Advantages of Long-Lived Leaves - Enduring the Cold 2. Identifying the Conifers How Plants (Including Trees) Are Classified - The Ten Genera - The Thirty-Two Species - Conifer Families 3. Reproduction of Conifers Pollen Cones and Pollen - Pollination - A Contrast between Seed Cones and Pollen Cones - Vegetative Reproduction 4. The Life and Growth of a Conifer Wood - Cut Stumps and Whole Trees - Outside the Cambium - Leaves - Roots 5. Broadleafs Growing among the Conifers Broadleafs in a Harsh Climate - Poplars - Birches - Alders 6. Two Kinds of Trees: Conifers and Broadleafs The Ancestry of "Trees" - The Basic Difference between Conifers and Broadleafs - Gymnosperms Are Woody - The Speed of Living - The Architecture of Trees - Vegetative Reproduction - The Aroma of Conifers 7. Life on the Forest Floor The Soil - Forest Flowers - The Floor of the Boreal Forest - Valuable Dead Wood and Debris - Open Water 8. Parasites on the Conifers The Value of Rot and Decay - Decay Fungi - Rusts - Dwarf Mistletoe 9. Insects and Conifers Insects as Feeders - Beetles - Caterpillars and Pseudocaterpillars - Sawflies - Bugs - Parasitoids - Ants and Others 10. Some Mammals and Birds of the Forest Food and Shelter - Seldom Seen Mammals - Squirrels and Their Relatives - A Rodent and a Lagomorph - Big Herbivores - Carnivores - Big Omnivores - Birds 11. Natural and Unnatural Interference Fire - Forest Succession - Snow and Wind - Air Pollution and Acid Rain - Logging 12. The Big Picture Forest Regions - What Controls Which Species Grow Where 13. Global Warming and the Forests The Physics of Climate Change - How Will Climate Change Affect the Forests - Fire and the Forests - Insects, Lightning, Wind, and Snow (Again) - The Value (If Any) of Predictions Index ...
