| The Redwood Forest: History, Ecology, and Conservation of the Coast Redwoods Contributor(s): Noss, Reed F. (Editor), Save-The-Redwoods League (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559637269 ISBN-13: 9781559637268 Publisher: Island Press OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: The Redwood Forest, written in support of Save-the-Redwoods League's masterplan, brings together the latest insights from conservation biology along with new information from data-gathering techniques such as GIS and remote sensing. It presents the most current findings on the geologic and cultural history, natural history, ecology, management, and conservation of the flora and fauna of the redwood ecosystem. Leading experts -- including Todd Dawson, Bill Libby, John Sawyer, Steve Sillett, Dale Thornburgh, Hartwell Welsh, and many others -- offer a comprehensive account of the redwoods ecosystem. The Redwood Forest offers a case study for ecosystem-level conservation. It contains the latest information from ground-breaking research on such topics as redwood canopy communities, the role of fog in sustaining redwood forests, and the function of redwood burls. It also presents sobering lessons from current research on the effects of forestry activities on the sensitive faunas of redwood forests and streams. The Redwood Forest will be a vital resource for everyone involved with conservation of redwoods or any other forest. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 634.975 |
| LCCN: 99016799 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.13" W x 8.99" (1.10 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
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| Publisher Description: This text offers a case study for ecosystem-level conservation and gives conservation organizations the information, technical tools and broad perspective they need to evaluate redwood and other forest sites and landscapes for conservation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Noss, Reed F.: - Reed Noss is the Davis-Shine Endowed Professor at the University of Florida. Noss is focused on systematic conservation planning at regional to continental scales. He has designed and directed such studies in Florida, the Pacific Northwest, California, the Rocky Mountains, and several regions of Canada, and has been an advisor to similar projects throughout North America and parts of Latin America and Europe. This work seeks to identify areas requiring protection from development and to devise management policies, approaches, and techniques that will maintain the biodiversity and ecological values of these areas and entire landscapes over time. Noss has helped to pioneer methods of integrating population viability analysis into reserve selection algorithms. He currently focuses on fire ecology, forest and grassland restoration and management, the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow and its dry prairie habitat, Florida Scrub-Jays, and the Florida Panther. An emerging theme is the responses of species (especially vertebrates) and ecological processes to environmental conditions along urban-wildland gradients. Road ecology (e.g., responses of wildlife to roads and the design of wildlife crossings and barriers to minimize impacts) and movement ecology (e.g., corridors and connectivity) figure prominently in this research theme. |