| Description |
1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Prologue : land of the longleaf pine -- What Bartram saw -- Fire in the cathedral -- A wondrous diversity -- Webs of life -- Piney woods people -- Tar kilns and tar heels -- Getting turpentine -- A reckless destruction -- Assault on the southern pines -- Forestry practice and malpractice -- Health, quail, and fire -- Fools for longleaf -- Woodpeckers and forests -- Restoring an ecosystem -- Epilogue : a presence on the land? |
| Summary |
"Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed longleaf restoration a major goal, but has it come too late?" "In Looking for Longleaf, Lawrence S. Earley explores the history of these forests and the astonishing biodiversity of the longleaf ecosystem by weaving together extensive research, first-person travel accounts, and interviews with foresters, ecologists, biologists, botanists, and landowners. Taking a broad ecological view, Earley places humans in the story as characters whose actions interrelate in complex ways with other life in the ecosystem."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Longleaf pine -- Southern States
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Forests and forestry -- Southern States
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Forestry.
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Forests and forestry -- Southern States.
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Longleaf pine -- Southern States.
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Forests and forestry
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Longleaf pine
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Southern States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004000724 |
| ISBN |
0807875783 |
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9780807875780 |
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