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xlii, 601 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction: Location and boundaries of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Jack McCormick and Richard T.T. Forman -- Part I. People. Human exploitation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens before 1900 / Peter O. Wacker ; Plant and animal products of the Pine Barrens / James E. Applegate, Silas Little and Philip E. Marucci -- Part II. Geology and soils. Geology of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey / Edward C. Rhodhamel ; Development of Pine Barrens' soils / John C.F. Tedrow ; Soil series of the Pine Barrens / Marco L. Markely ; Mineralogy of Pine Barrens solis / Lowell A. Douglas and John J. Trela -- Part III. Climate, water, and aquatic ecosystems. Climate and microclimate of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / A. Vaughn Havens ; Fluxes of water and energy through the Pine Barrens ecosystems / John Thomas Ballard ; Hydrology of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Edward C. Rhodechamel ; Streams and lakes in the Pine Barrens / Ruth Patrick, Barbara Matson and Lee Anderson ; Nutrient and hydrological effects of the Pine Barrens on neighboring estuaries / James B. Durand ; Vegetational history of the Pine Barrens / Calvin J. Heusser. |
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Contents: Part IV. Vegetation patterns. Vegetational history of the Pine Barrens / Calvin J. Heusser ; The vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Jack McCormick ; Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: a phytpsocialogical classification / Hans Olsson ; Vegetational gradients of the Pine Plains and Barrens of Long Island New York / Linda S. Olsvig, John F. Cryan and Robert H. Whittake ; The pine barren plains / Ralph E. Good ; Fire and plant succession in the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Silas Little ; Vegetational relationships of the Pine Barrens / Robert H. Whittaker ; Leaky ecosystems: nutrient fluxes and succession in the Pine Barrens vegetation / George M. Woodwell. |
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Contents: Part V. Plants. Pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill): Ecology, physiology, and genetics / F. Thomas Ledig and Silas Little ; Common vascular plants of the Pine Barrens / Wayen R. Feren Jr, John W. Braxton and Louis Hand ; Endangered, threatened, and rare vascular plants of the Pine Barrens and their biogrography / David E. Fairbrothers ; Common bryophytes and lichens of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Richard T.T. Forman ; Alage of the Pine Barrens / Edwin T. Moul and Helen Foot Buell -- Part VI. Animals and animal communities. Mammals of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Leonard J. Wolgast ; Birds of the Pine Barrens / Charles F. Lack ; A zoogeographical review of the amphibians and reptiles of southern New Jersey, with emphasis on the Pine Barrens / Roger Conant ; Fish of the Pine Barrens / Robert W. Hastings ; Arthropods of the Pine Barrens / Howard P. Boyd and Philip E. Marucci ; Soil arthropod microcommunities of the Pine Barrens / Daniel L. Dindal ; Animal communities of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Edmund W. Stiles -- Part VII. Conclusion. Eeclogical research opportunities in the New Jersey Pine Barrens / William A. Reiners ; The Pine Barrens of New Jersey: an ecological mosaic / Richard T.T. Forman. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Pine barrens. New York : Academic Press, 1979 (OCoLC)747400584 |
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Index - Uncontrolled: |
Ecology New Jersey Pine Barrens |
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Name Added Entry: |
Forman, Richard T. T., editor. |