Forests in Peril
Subtitle: Tracking Deciduous Trees from Ice-Age Refuges into the Greenhouse World
Publisher: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company
Published: October 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780939923892
Subjects: Deforestation; Forests, rainforests; History of specific subjects; Management of land & natural resources; Trees & wildflowers; Nature; Forests and forestry; Nature/Ecology; North America; USA; Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology; Trees & Forests - General; Conservation Of Natural Resources (General); Forest Ecology; Canada, Eastern; East (U.S.); History
Description: "In Forests in Peril, Hazel Delcourt takes the reader on her personal journey to document the history of the forest from its elusive and nebulous presence at the peak of the last ice age through its development as a magnificent natural resource to its uncertainty in today's, and tomorrow's, greenhouse world.

Along this journey, the reader is introduced to methods of studying vegetation, collecting and interpreting data, and applying the insights of forest ecology and history to project future needs of the forest in a world that is increasingly dominated by human activities.

The philosophical, intellectual, and methodological perspectives contained in Forests in Peril will appeal to readers interested in understanding how the natural history of North America has been studied and how that study can contribute to the protection and preservation of America's important biological resources."--BOOK JACKET.