Forest Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma Disstria
The forest tent caterpillar, has one generation per year. The larvae hatch in early spring (mid-May) approximately the same time as aspens leaf out. The larvae (caterpillar stage) goes through five instars. In mid to ... [... more]
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Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery ...
 excellent material for all forest activists Forest activists often hear the argument, "What is Old Growth?" This book helps to distinguish these valuable ecosystems. The book covers everything from fauna and flora that habitat these areas to ... [... more]
CDN$45.17
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New England Forests Through Time: Insights from the ...
fascinating microcosm Perhaps microcosm is not quite the world, Forests Through Time offers a fascinating angle of insight into one aspect of the ecological development of New England. For a wider angle, one reads Bullough's Pond, and for the complete ... [... more]
CDN$10.54
Amazon CA |
Forest Ecology
Not a good book for students of forest ecology This book is the required text for a class on trees and forests that I am currently taking at UC Davis. It is an imposing text and reads much like a journal of ecology. It is far from a good study aid for ... [... more]
CDN$128.95
Amazon CA |
Forest Ecosystems: Analysis at Multiple Scales
This book is very badly written My graduate Forest Ecosystems class was burdened with this textbook as the main class reading material. Not only was this book badly written, but even the professor was frustrated with the terseness of the material. My ... [... more]
CDN$93.30
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Riparian Management in Forests of the Continental ...
What to think about when managing forests near streams This book is very helpful for ecologist, forest managers, and policy makers with little knowledge of riparian systems. Riparian experts would not find this book helpful. The book reviews riparian ... [... more]
CDN$87.73
Amazon CA |
A Field Guide to Eastern Forests: North America
A Great Buy, Very Interesting This is a great field guide that covers many aspects of forests East of the Great Plains. Although it covers many common species of both animal and plant, it is not overly helpful for positively identifying individual ... [... more]
CDN$22.95
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Trees of the Central Hardwood Forests of North America: ...
This is not the book to get students interested in trees. This is primarily an ID guide to 188 native and naturalized trees, and another 84 that are commonly planted in what is termed the Central Hardwood Forests, defined as those portions of eastern ... [... more]
CDN$74.41
Amazon CA |
The Catskill Forest: A History
Indispensable I don't think there's anyone who has hiked over more of the Catskill Mountains than Michael Kudish. Having written his doctoral dissertation on the history of the Catskills forests, he is THE expert on the subject. Every one else learns ... [... more]
CDN$43.89
Amazon CA |
The Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior
A Case Study in the Golden Age of PA First published in 1960, The Forest Ranger is an impressive study of the United States Forest Service. In the book, Kaufman (1960/1967) case studies the behavior of district rangers in the Forest Service and endeavors ... [... more]
CDN$25.95
Amazon CA |
A Shadow in the Forest: Idaho's Black Bear
Review of a Shadow In The Forest I was deeply disappointed in this book. It reads like a graduate student's thesis; full of statistics and graphs. I guess this is o.k., if one is interested in raw data. But, as for the average reader, it might take some ... [... more]
CDN$19.02
Amazon CA |
Where Have All The Forests Gone?
Every day, as we eat our breakfast, we are greeted with the small paragraph on the third page, that the forests in Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, South America, Sumatra are burning burning bright The reporter goes on to tell us this is due to the El ... [... more]
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