Peter E Kelly, Doug Larson

The Last Stand

A Journey Through the Ancient Cliff-Face Forest of the Niagara Escarpment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An ancient cedar forest exists on the Niagara Escarpment in a highly populated area. This full-colour book reveals the vital importance of this ecosystem to our natural heritage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 198mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781897045190
• ISBN-10: 1897045190
• Artikelnr.: 22102633

Autorenporträt

Peter E. Kelly completed his M.Sc. at the University of Western Ontario before joining the Cliff Ecology Research Group in the Department of Botany at the University of Guelph. He has devoted the last fifteen years to studying the ecology of the old-growth cedar forests of the Niagara Escarpment. He is co-author, with Douglas W. Larson of Cliff Ecology, published in 2000 by Cambridge University Press. Douglas W. Larson completed his Ph.D. at McMaster University and is currently a Professor of Botany at the University of Guelph. He founded the Cliff Ecology Research Group at the University as a vehicle for the studying of structure and function of the Niagara Escarpment cliff ecosystem. He has also taught ecology for over 25 years. He is co-author, with Peter E. Kelly of Cliff Ecology, published in 2000 by Cambridge University Press.