Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America (Braun E. Lucy)(Pevná vazba)

Use This Seminal Woodland Study in Exploring and Understanding Deciduous ForestsIn her major work Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, noted botanist, ecologist, and conservationist Dr. Emily Lucy Braun traces the overarching history of the eastern North American woodlands from antediluvian times to the relatively recent (in geologic terms) arrival of European settlers, when the region underwent rapid and dramatic changes. Braun methodically divides the region into smaller ecosystems, based on their dominant deciduous species, such as the Oak-Hickory Region, or the Maple-Basswood Region. She explores patterns of current plant distribution and looks at the paleobotanic record. In building a picture of the primordial landscape, Braun conducted extensive field studies for several decades, working in an ever-diminishing virgin footprint in Ohio, Kentucky,
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