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Author Marchand, Peter J.

Title North woods : an inside look at the nature of forests in the Northeast / Peter J. Marchand.

Publication Info. Boston, Mass. : Appalachian Mountain Club, [1987]
©1987

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  574.5 MARCHAND    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  574.5 MARCHAND    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  634.961 MA    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 141 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Reading the landscape: the influence of nature and human culture on a forested countryside -- Emergence from an ice age -- When the north winds blow -- Forest for the taking -- Plant succession: a land in transition -- The changing fortunes of animal populations -- Plant communities of the Adirondacks and northern New England -- Spruce-fir woodlands -- Heath bogs -- Notherrn hardwood forests -- Pattern and adaptation at high elevation -- Dealing with disturbance -- The limits to tree growth -- Life in high places -- Patterns in stone -- The future of the north woods.
Subject Forest ecology -- New England.
Forest ecology -- New York (State)
Plant communities -- New England.
Plant communities -- New York (State)
Mountain ecology -- New England.
ISBN 0910146640 paperback $9.95
9780910146647 paperback
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