Roger C. Anderson / James S. Fralish / Jerry M. Baskin (eds.)

Savannas, Barrens, and Rock Outcrop Plant Communities of North America

Herausgeber: Anderson, Roger C.; Fralish, James S.; Baskin, Jerry M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Savannas and barrens were major components of the historic North American landscape before it was extensively altered by agricultural and urban development during the past century. Rock outcrop plant communities and serpentine barrens are of interest because they are refugia for endemic species adapted to extreme environmental conditions. Many of these communities have been reduced to less than one per cent of their original area and are imperiled ecosystems. This book provides a coherent, readable summary of the technical information available on savannas, barrens and rock outcrop plant communities. It is organized by region into four parts: eastern south-eastern region, central/midwest region, western/south-western region, and northern region. Written by internationally recognized regional specialists, each chapter includes a description of the climate, geology, soils associated with the community, and information about its historic and current vegetation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9780521035811
• ISBN-10: 0521035813
• Artikelnr.: 22705772

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Introduction Roger C. Anderson, James S. Fralish, and
Jerry M. Baskin; Part I. Eastern/Southeastern Region: 1. Ecology and
conservation of Florida scrub Eric S. Menges; 2. Southeastern pine savannas
William J. Platt; 3. New Jersey pine plains: the 'true barrens' of the New
Jersey pine barrens David J. Gibson, Robert A. Zampella and Andrew G.
Windisch; 4. Vegetation, flora, and plant physiological ecology of
serpentine barrens of eastern North America R. Wayne Tyndall and James C.
Hull; 5. The mid-Appalachian shale barrens Suzanne H. Braunschweig, Eric T.
Nilsen and Thomas F. Weiboldt; 6. Eastern granite outcrops Donald J. Shure;
7. High-elevation outcrops and barrens of the southern Appalachian
mountains Susan K. Wiser and Peter S. White; Part II. Central/Midwest
Region: 8. Dry soil oak savanna in the Great Lakes region Susan Will-Wolf
and Forest Stearns; 9. Deep-soil savannas and barrens of the Midwestern
United States Roger C. Anderson and Marlin L. Bowles; 10. Open woodland
communities of southern Illinois, western Kentucky and middle Tennessee
James S. Fralish, Scott B. Franklin and David D. Close; 11. The big barrens
region of Kentucky and Tennessee Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin and
Edward W. Chester; 12. Cedar glades of southeastern United States Jerry M.
Baskin and Carol C. Baskin; 13. Savanna, barrens and glade communities of
the Ozark Plateaus Province Alice Long Heikens; 14. The cross timbers B. W.
Hoagland, I. H. Butler, F. L. Johnson and S. Glenn; Part III.
Western/Southwestern Region: 15. Ponderosa and limber pine woodlands Dennis
H. Knight; 16. The sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) communities of the
Llano Estacado: history, structure, ecology and restoration Shivcharn S.
Dhillion and Michelle H. Mills; 17. Oak savanna in the American Southwest
Mitchel P. McClaran and Guy R. McPherson; 18. Juniper-Piñon savannas and
woodlands of western North America Neil E. West; 19. Serpentine barrens of
western North America A. R. Kruckeburg; 20. California oak savanna Barbara
Allen-Diaz, James W. Bartolome and Mitchell P. McClaran; Part IV. Northern
Region: 21. Jack pine barrens of the northern Great Lakes region Kurt S.
Pregitzer and Sari C. Sanders; 22. The cliff ecosystem of the Niagara
escarpment D. W. Larson, U. Mattes-Sears and P. E. Kelley; 23. Alvars of
the Great Lakes region Paul M. Catling and Vivian R. Brownell; 24. The
flora and ecology of southern Ontario granite barrens Paul M. Catling and
Vivian R. Brownell; 25. The aspen parkland of Canada O. W. Archibold; 26.
Subarctic lichen woodlands E. A. Johnson and K. Miyanishi; Index of plants;
Index of animals; Topic index.