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Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Forest soils form the foundation that underpins the existence of all forests. This book encapsulates soil ecology and functioning in northern forests, focusing on the effects of human activity and climate change. The authors introduce the fundamental principles necessary for studying forest soils, and explain the functioning and mutual influence of all parts of a forest soil ecosystem. A chapter is dedicated to each of soil acidity and heavy metal...
91) Why forests? Why now?: the science, economics, and politics of tropical forests and climate change
Author
Publisher
Center for Global Development
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Series
IUFRO research volume 4
Publisher
CABI Pub. in association with the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Fire can be a destructive, deadly element of nature, capable of obliterating forests, destroying homes, and taking lives. Den Latham's Painting the Landscape with Fire describes this phenomenon but also tells a different story, one that reveals the role of fire ecology in healthy, dynamic forests. Fire is a beneficial element which allows the longleaf forests of America's Southeast to survive. In recent decades, foresters and landowners have become...
96) A path begins
Author
Series
Thickety volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
When Kara Westfall was five years old, her mother was convicted of the worst of all crimes: witchcraft. Years later, Kara and her little brother, Taff, are still shunned by the people of their village, who believe that nothing is more evil than magic ... except, the mysterious forest that covers nearly the entire island. It has many names, this place. Sometimes it is called the Dark Wood, or Sordyr's Realm. But mostly it's called the Thickety. The...