By Anthony D'Amato,David R. Foster
ISBN-10: 0300179383
ISBN-13: 9780300179385
5 thousand years in the past, the hemlock collapsed because of abrupt international weather change. Now this iconic tree faces extinction once more as a result of an invasive insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Drawing from a century of experiences at Harvard University’s Harvard woodland, the most well-regarded long term ecological examine courses in North the US, the authors discover what hemlock’s sleek decline can let us know concerning the demanding situations dealing with nature and society in an period of habitat alterations and fragmentation, in addition to worldwide change.
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