Looking for Longleaf : the fall and rise of an American forest / Lawrence S. Earley.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780807828861
- ISBN: 0807828866
- ISBN: 9780807856994
- ISBN: 0807856991
- Physical Description: x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Portions of this books appeared previously, in somewhat different form, in the June 1997 and August 2004 issues of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine and in The Nature Conservancy, Managing the Forest and Trees: A Private Landowner's Guide to Conservation Management of Longleaf Pine, and are reprinted here with permission."-- Title verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue : land of the longleaf pine -- 1. What Bartram saw -- 2. Fire in the cathedral -- 3. A wondrous diversity -- 4. Webs of life -- 5. Piney woods people -- 6. Tar kilns and tar heels -- 7. Getting turpentine -- 8. A reckless destruction -- 9. Assault on the southern pines -- 10. Forestry practice and malpractice -- 11. Health, quail, and fire -- 12. Fools for longleaf -- 13. Woodpeckers and forests -- 14. Restoring an ecosystem -- Epilogue : a presence on the land?
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | NC 634.9 EAR (Text) | 36015000612529 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
