Screen LibrarySustaining young forest communities：ecology and management of early successional habitats in the central hardwood region, USA
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| Group Author: | ; ; ; |
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Managing forest ecosystems ; v. 21 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1620-9 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 310 p.): ill. |
| ISBN: |
9789400716209 (electronic bk.) 9400716206 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | S718 |
| CLC: | S718.5 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. This edited volume addresses a rising concern among natural resource scientists and management professionals about decline of the many plant and animal species associated with early-successional habitats, especially within the Central Hardwood Region of the USA. These open habitats, with herbaceous, shrub, or young forest cover, are disappearing as abandoned farmland, pastures, and cleared forest patches return to forest. There are many questions about 'why, what, where, and how' to manage for early successional habitats. In this book, expert scientists and experienced land managers synthesize |