Hemlock
Subtitle: a forest giant on the edge
By: David R. Foster, editor, [and eight others] ; Stephen Long, consulting editor
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780300179385
Subjects: Forest ecology; Research; Eastern hemlock; Forest declines
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: 1. Hemlock's future in the context of its past; title: 2. An iconic species: lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists: I. The Pisgah Forest; title: 3. Prehistory to present; title: 4. Tree-falls and tanbark: lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists: II. Bob Marshall's plot; title: 5. Hemlock as a foundation species; title: 6. A range-wide hemlock decline; title: 7. Invasion of an exotic pest; title: 8. Cut or girdle; title: 9. Modeling the dynamics of a forest giant; title: 10. Reprise: eastern hemlock as a foundation species: lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists: III. The Earl Stephens plot; title: 11. When doing nothing is a viable alternative: insights into conservation and management: lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists: IV. Three views from John Sanderson's woodlot; title: 12. Lament.