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The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem - Ecology, Silviculture, and Restoration
Edited by Shibu Jose, Eric J Jokela and Deborah L. Miller
Springer
April 2006
Hardcover 438 p., 136 illus., 44 in colour, ISBN 9780387296555
£77.00
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The longleaf pine ecosystem, once one of the most extensive ecosystems in North America,
is now among the most threatened. Over the past few centuries, land clearing, logging, fire suppression,
and the encroachment of more aggressive plants have led to an overwhelming decrease in the ecosystem€s size,
to approximately 2.2% of its original coverage. Despite this devastation, the range of the longleaf still extends
from Virginia to Texas. Through the combined efforts of organizations such as the USDA Forest Service, the
Longleaf Alliance, and the Nature Conservancy, extensive programs to conserve, restore, and manage the
ecosystem are currently underway.
The longleaf pine ecosystem is valued not only for its aesthetic appeal, but also for its outstanding biodiversity,
habitat value, and for the quality of the longleaf pine lumber. It has a natural resistance to fire and insects,
and supports more than thirty threatened or endangered plant and animal species, including the red-cockaded
woodpecker and the gopher tortoise.
The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem unites a wealth of current information on the ecology, silviculture, and
restoration of this ecosystem. The book also includes a discussion of the significant historical, social, and
political aspects of ecosystem management, making it a valuable resource for students, land managers,
ecologists, private landowners, government agencies, consultants, and the forest products industry.
Of interes to practitioners, researchers, graduate students, undergraduate students
Contents
Preface
Section I Introduction:
- The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: An Overview.
- History and Future of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem.
Section II Ecology:
- Ecological Classification of Longleaf Pine Woodlands.
- Longleaf Pine Regeneration Ecology and Methods.
- Plant Competition, Facilitation, and Overstory
- Understory Interactions in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems.
- Vertebrate Faunal Diversity of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems.
Section III Silviculture:
- Uneven-Aged Silviculture of Longleaf Pine.
- Longleaf Pine Growth and Yield.
Section IV Restoration:
- Restoring the Overstory of Longleaf Pine Ecoystems.
- Restoring the Ground Layer of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems.
- Reintroduction of Fauna to Longleaf Pine Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges.
- Spatial Ecology and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem.
- Longleaf Pine Restoration: Economics and Policy.
- Role of Public-Private Partnership in Restoration: A Case Study.
Index.
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