| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages (259-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Jared Diamond -- pt. I. Whence Biodiversity? 1. Forests Then and Now. 2. Shadows in the Forest. 3. The Myth of Heart's Content -- pt. II. Ecological Mechanisms and Biotic Resources. 4. Internal Affairs: Patch and Disturbance Dynamics. 5. From Hero to Villain: Edge Effects. 6. Hazards of Fragmentation: Area and Isolation Effects. 7. Tracking Diversity: Biological Inventory, Research, and Monitoring -- pt. III. Approaches to Forest Management. 8. The Evolution of Forest Management. 9. Multiple Use on National Forest Lands. 10. What's New in Forest Management? 11. Zoning for Diversity -- pt. IV. Toward a New Diversity Policy (and Twenty-First Century Old Growth). 12. Sources of a New Diversity Policy for the National Forests. 13. Case History: The Wisconsin National Forests. 14. Dominant-Use Zoning and Wildlands: Forestry for the Twenty-First Century. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Forest Service.
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United States. Forest Service. |
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États-Unis. Forest Service. |
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Forest conservation -- United States.
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Forest conservation. |
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United States. |
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Forest ecology -- United States.
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Forest ecology. |
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Forest management -- United States.
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Forest management. |
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Biodiversity conservation -- United States.
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Biodiversity conservation. |
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Forest policy -- United States.
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Forest policy. |
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Forest reserves -- United States -- Management.
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Forest reserves. |
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Management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kuhlmann, Walter.
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Waller, Donald M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alverson, William Surprison. Wild forests conservation biology and public policy. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1994 (DLC) 94008950 |
| ISBN |
1417539895 (electronic book) |
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9781417539895 (electronic book) |
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9781610911191 (electronic book) |
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1610911199 (electronic book) |
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1559631872 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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1559631880 (paper ; acid-free paper) |
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9781559631877 |
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9781559631884 |
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