The Ecological Pine Barrens of New Jersey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ecological Pine Barrens of New Jersey write by Howard P. Boyd. This book was released on 2008. The Ecological Pine Barrens of New Jersey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pine Barrens write by Richard Forman. This book was released on 2012-12-02. Pine Barrens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape focuses on the relationship between the ecological and landscape aspects of Pine Barrens of New Jersey. The idea in this book is based from the discussions of Rutgers University botanists and ecologists at the 1975 American Institute of Biological Science meetings, and from the interest generated by the 1976 annual New Jersey Academy of Science meeting, which focuses on the Pine Barrens. This seven-part book starts with a short discussion on location and boundaries of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Part I covers human activities, from Indian activities and initial European perceptions of the land, including settlement, lumbering, fuel wood and charcoal, iron and glassworks, farming and livestock, and real estate development. The next part of the book describes sandy deposits, geographic distribution of geologic formations, and soil types with their ecologically important characteristics. Topics on hydrology, aquatic ecosystems, and climatic and microclimatic conditions are presented in the third part of this reference. Part IV traces the history of vegetation starting before the Ice Age and analyzes vegetation using different approaches, such as community types, community classification according to a European method, and gradient analysis. Plants of the Pine Barrens are briefly described and listed in Part V. The final part illustrates community relationships of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, and soil microcommunities. The book is ideal for ecologists, botanists, geologists, soil scientists, zoologists, hydrologists, limnologists, engineers, and scientists, as well as planners, decision-makers, and managers who may largely determine the future of a region.
A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens write by Michael D. Geller. This book was released on 2002. A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Within southern New Jersey lies the largest expanse of undeveloped land in the megalopolis between Boston and Washington, D.C. This is the Pine Barrens, our nation's first National Reserve, where visitors are struck by how much the vegetation varies from surrounding areas. Because the sandy soil is only marginally suitable for most agriculture and because the location amounts to a peninsula, settlement has been limited and the current ecology is relatively untouched. However, as New Jersey's population increases, people are looking to the Pine Barrens with a new interest. A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens is a hand-illustrated, user-friendly guide for both the interested student and weekend naturalist. The key lists all of the woody plants of the Pine Barrens except for a few rare, non-native species. In several keys and more than fifty highly detailed drawings, Michael D. Geller describes the basic features of woody plants and explains how to identify plants both in summer and winter. Along with his set of workable identification keys, the author provides an enjoyable introduction to the geology, ecology, and history of the region, and relates each to the unique flora of the Pine Barrens. The book provides readers with an effective means of identifying the plants that are hallmarks of one of the state's last wild areas.
A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey
A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey write by Howard P. Boyd. This book was released on 1991. A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the ultimate handbook to the New Jersey Pine barrens. More than 700 species of plants and animals found within this 2,200-square-mile tract are identified and illustrated. The book begins by explaining and defining the uniqueness and diversity of the Pine Barrens, from its history to its ecostructure and future outlook. The bulk of the text, however, is devoted to classifying and categorizing every plant and living creature that makes its home in the Pine Barrens.
Contested Lands
Contested Lands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contested Lands write by Robert J. Mason. This book was released on 1992. Contested Lands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The nation's first and only "national reserve," the Pinelands of New Jersey is located in the middle of the densely populated urban corridor between New York City and Philadelphia. Possessing vast quantities of pure groundwater, distinct flora and fauna, and a fascinating history of human occupancy and resource exploitation, the Pine Barrens is managed by a 15-member commission appointed at the federal, state, and local level. In his discussion of the implementation of the Pinelands Commission's regional plan, Robert Mason explores the changing politics of place and the associated conflicts of interest that have emerged. The Pinelands program is widely viewed as a land-use and regional planning experiment of national significance. While the commission is sustained by legislative and gubernatorial support and an absence of well-organized public opposition, it still has had to accommodate community and rural entrepreneurial interests. In order to convey some sense of the social, political, and economic texture of the Pinelands, Mason examines three communities--Woodland Township, Hamilton Township, and Manchester Township. The Pinelands experience offers a unique model for the management of valued places across the nation and provides valuable lessons about the human problems that confront ecologically-driven planning schemes with human settlement patterns, political subdivisions, and economic systems. Author note: Robert J. Mason is Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University.
