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05734cam a2200445 a 4500 001 96DFB0262B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20221207011208 008 060831s2008 nyuab j b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006028859 020 $a 9780816059300 020 $a 0816059306 035 $a (OCoLC)71266444 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d C#P $d YDXCP $d JID $d NPL $d NOR $d IOE $d TTU $d IOW $d SILO 050 00 $a QH541.5.F6 $b A46 2008 082 00 $a 577.3 $2 22 100 1 $a Allaby, Michael. 245 1 $a Temperate forests / $c Michael Allaby ; illustrations by Richard Garratt. 250 $a Rev. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Facts on File, $c c2008. 300 $a xv, 336 p. : $b ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; $c 29 cm. 490 1 $a Ecosystem 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 321) and index. 505 00 $t Water flow and drainage -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Introduction -- $g 2. $t Geography of temperate forests -- $t What is a "temperate forest"? -- $t Why leaves change color in the fall -- $t Where are temperate forests to be found? -- $t How did temperate forests develop? -- $g 2. $t Geology of temperate forests -- $t Plate tectonics and tree distribution -- $t Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880-1930) and continents that move -- $t Soil formation and development -- $t Geologic timescale -- $t Weathering -- $t Soil classification -- $t Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchayev (1840-1903) -- $t National and international soil classifications -- $t Soil orders and reference groups : orders of the U.S. soil taxonomy -- $t Forest soils -- $t FAO reference soil groups -- $t Water flow and drainage -- 505 00 $g The $t Relicts and refugia -- $t Circulation of the atmosphere -- $t Seasons -- $g The $t great conveyor -- $g The $t northern annular mode -- $t Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation -- $t Potential temperature -- $g The $t naming of clouds -- $t Transpiration -- $t Air masses and fronts -- $t Specific heat capacity -- $g The $t Coriolis effect -- $g The $t polar front and jet streams -- $t Vorticity -- $t Weather systems -- $t Extreme weather : hurricanes, tornadoes, drought -- $t Conservation of angular momentum -- $t Supercells and mesocyclones -- $t Effect of severe weather on forests -- $t Beaufort wind scale -- $t Climatic regions -- $t Wladimir Peter KoÌppen (1846-1940) -- $t Continental and maritime climates -- $t Gyres and boundary currents -- $t Trees as climatic indicators -- $t Holocene recolonization -- $t Pliocene, pleistocene, and holocene glacials and interglacials -- $t Milankovitch cycles -- $t Relicts and refugia -- 505 00 $g The $t Natural forest and plantation forest -- $t Evolution of trees -- $t Seed plants, conifers, and flowering plants -- $t How a tree works -- $t Tree reproduction -- $t How trees disperse -- $t How wood forms -- $t Photosynthesis -- $t Prokaryotes and eukaryotes -- $t Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) -- $t Nitrogen fixation and denitrification -- $g The $t nitrogen cycle -- $g 5. $t Ecology of temperate forests -- $t History of ecological ideas -- $t Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834-1919) -- $t Arthur George Tansley (1871-1955) -- $t Frederic Edward Clements (1874-1945) -- $t Food chains and food webs -- $t Ecological pyramids -- $t Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991) -- $t Decomposers -- $t Animals that recruit assistants -- $t Habitats and niches -- $t Tree adaptations to climate -- $t Primeval forest, ancient woodland, old-growth forest, and plantations -- $t Succession and climax -- $t Henry Allan Gleason (1882-1975) -- $t Fire climax -- $g The $t Yellowstone fire -- $t Arrested climax -- $t What are pests and weeds? -- $t Forest structure -- $t Spring flowers -- $t Forest communities -- $t Energy flow -- $t Energy, work, and heat -- $t Nutrient cycling -- $t Tree predators and parasites -- $t What is a fungus? -- $t Natural forest and plantation forest -- 505 00 $g The $t Sustainable forest management -- $t What is biodiversity and why does it matter? -- $g The $t biodiversity convention -- $t Gymnosperm trees -- $t Angiosperm trees -- $g 7. $t History of temperate forests -- $t Forest clearance in prehistory -- $t Farming since Roman times -- $t Using pollen to study the past -- $t What is pollen? -- $t Forests in classical times -- $t European forests of the Middle Ages -- $t Forests in folklore and literature -- $g The $t Brothers Grimm -- $t History of forestry -- $g 8. $t Economics of temperate forests -- $t Renewable and nonrenewable resources -- $t Forests as sources of fuel -- $t Benjamin Franklin and his wood-burning stove -- $t Forest timber -- $t Small wood -- $g 9. $t Health of temperate forests -- $t Modern forests -- $t Acid rain -- $t Acidity and the pH scale -- $t Climatic effect of forest clearance -- $t Windchill -- $t Forests and the greenhouse effect -- $t Forest clearance and soil erosion -- $t Warm-temperate and Mediterranean-type forests -- $t Deciduous forests -- $t Boreal forests -- $g The $t taiga -- $g The $t need for conservation -- $t Sustainable forest management -- 505 00 $g 10. $t Index. $t Traditional management -- $t Park woodland -- $t Plantation forestry -- $t Pest control -- $t Modern forestry -- $t Conclusion -- $t Tables -- $t Proportion of land area forested in selected countries -- $t Area of Northern Hemisphere temperate forest -- $t Roundwood production from temperate forests, 2000 -- $t SI units and conversions -- $t Glossary -- $t Bibliography and further reading -- $t Web sites -- $t Index. 650 0 $a Forest ecology $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Forests and forestry $v Juvenile literature. 700 1 $a Garratt, Richard, $e ill. 830 0 $a Ecosystem. 941 $a 5 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722022151.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418065142.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824063042.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96DFB0262B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search