The Highlands
Subtitle: critical resources, treasured landscapes
By: edited by Richard G. Lathrop Jr
Publisher: Rivergate Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780813551333; 9780813551340
Subjects: Natural history; Highlands (N.Y. : Region)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Richard G. Lathrop Jr; title: Bedrock geology of the highlands / Alexander E. Gates and David W. Valentino; title: Glaciation and landscape history / Scott D. Stanford; title: Major soils of the Highlands / John C.F. Tedrow and Richard K. Shaw; title: Groundwater and surface water hydrology / Otto S. Zapecza, Donald E. Rice, and Vincent T. dePaul; title: Water resources supply / Daniel J. Van Abs; title: Forest history of the Highlands / Emily W.B. Southgate; title: Forest ecology / William S. F. Schuster; title: Wetlands of the highlands region / Joan G. Ehrenfeld; title: An overview of the vascular plants of the highlands and the threats to plant biodiversity. Appendix 9.1: List of twenty-one globally rare, threatened, and endangered plant species reported from Connecticut, New jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, Appendix 9.2: List of fifty-eight invasive or potentially invasive species known from the Highlands region / Gerry Moore and Steven Glenn; title: Wildlife of the highlands / Elizabeth A. Johnson; title: Ironworking in the highlands / Theodore W. Kury and Peter O. Wacker; title: Agriculture and urban development patterns in the Highlands / Richard G. Lathrop Jr; title: Open space and recreation in the Highlands / Daniel Chazin; title: Land use planning and policy in the Highlands / Rob Pirani, Thomas A. Gilbert, and Corey Piasecki; title: Future vision for the Highlands / Richard G. Lathrop Jr., Mary Tyrell, and Myrna Hall.