Forests in Peril: Tracking Deciduous Trees from Ice-Age Refuges Into the Greenhouse World
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0939923890 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael Dowd said A Deep-Time Perspective on Global Warming. This is the book that launched our citizen naturalists group on the internet: Torreya Guardians. In reading Hazel's book, I was struck by how important the "pocket reserves" were to the preservation of rich forest species during the peak of the last glacial episode some 18,000 years ago (as well as all the previous glacial episodes). One of those pocket reserves runs along the edge of the Apalachicola River in the Florida Panhandle. And it is here that the most endangered conifer tree in the world, Torreya tax. "HIstoric implications of climate change" according to Alligator Counter. Forests in Peril is well-done popular scientific writing that focuses on a very interesting and important question: where was the North American deciduous forest during the peak of the last ice age and what are the implications for the current and future ecologies of this continent? The author leads the reader through an interesting and increasingly sophisticated (but readily comprehended) progression of theories and the data-driven scientific processes used to prove or disprove the various hypotheses.This boo
Dr. Dr Hazel R Delcourt, Quaternary palaeoecologist and professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Tennessee, is one of America's leading authorities on the eastern deciduous forest. Delcourt grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and holds degrees from Albion College (Biology), LSU (Botany), and The University of Minnesota (Quatern
Delcourt takes readers on her personal journey to document the history of the forest from its elusive and nebulous presence at the peak of the last ice age through its development as a magnificent natural resource to its uncertainty in today's, and tomorrow's, greenhouse world. Along this journey, the reader is introduced to methods of studying vegetation, collecting and interpreting data, and applying the insights of forest ecology and history to project future needs of the forest in a world that is increasingly dominated by human activities. The philosophical, intellectual, and methodological perspectives contained in the book will appeal to readers interested in understanding how the natural history of North Ame
While her topic is serious and scholarly, her writing style is spirited, her descriptions enchanting, and the personal spin on her life's work engaging. In Forests in Peril, Delcourt tells the fascinating story of her quest for the origins of American hardwood forests. I whole-heartedly recommend Forests in Peril to botanists, ecologists, foresters, policymakers, as well as to anyone interested in Quaternary paleobotany, in the workings of paleontological science, or simply in the glorious deciduous forests of eastern North America. Gee, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol 248: 249-250, 2004 . --Carole T