Hemlock

By: Audrey Barker Plotkin and David R. Foster and Benjamin Baiser and Aaron M. Ellison and Wyatt Oswald and Anthony D'Amato and David Orwig and Jonathan Thompson

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Synopsis: The Eastern Hemlock, massive and majestic, has played a unique role in structuring northeastern forest environments, from Nova Scotia to Wisconsin and through the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. A #147;foundation species” influencing all the species in the ecosystem surrounding it, this iconic North American tree has long inspired poets and artists as well as naturalists and scientists. Five thousand years ago, the hemlock collapsed as a result of abrupt global climate change Now this iconic tree faces extinction once again because of an invasive insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Drawing from a century of studies at Harvard University’s Harvard Forest, one of the most well-regarded long-term ecological research programs in North America, the authors explore what hemlock’s modern decline can tell us about the challenges facing nature and society in an era of habitat changes and fragmentation, as well as global change.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780300186772
Publisher:: Yale University Press
Date of Addition:: 04/29/14
Copyrighted By:: Audrey Barker Plotkin, David R. Foster, Benjamin Baiser, Aaron M. Ellison, Wyatt Oswald, Anthony D'Amato, David Orwig, Jonathan Thompson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.