Download or read book Second Growth written by Robin L. Chazdon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions to be largely false, bringing to the fore the previously overlooked counterpart to old-growth forest: second growth. Even as human activities result in extensive fragmentation and deforestation, tropical forests demonstrate a great capacity for natural and human-aided regeneration. Although these damaged landscapes can take centuries to regain the characteristics of old growth, Chazdon shows here that regenerating—or second-growth—forests are vital, dynamic reservoirs of biodiversity and environmental services. What is more, they always have been. With chapters on the roles these forests play in carbon and nutrient cycling, sustaining biodiversity, providing timber and non-timber products, and integrated agriculture, Second Growth not only offers a thorough and wide-ranging overview of successional and restoration pathways, but also underscores the need to conserve, and further study, regenerating tropical forests in an attempt to inspire a new age of local and global stewardship.
Download or read book Second Growth written by Sean Markey and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broader political and economic changes are dramatically reshaping rural and small-town communities in British Columbia and across Canada. Increasingly, however, much of the responsibility for community-based prosperity and survival is falling to communities themselves. This book is drawn from a three-year participatory research project with four communities in British Columbia: two municipalities and two Aboriginal communities. The first part of the book examines historical and contemporary forces of restructuring, linking the development of rural communities with the legacy of resource development and Aboriginal marginalization across the province. The second part of the book presents the theoretical and practical dynamics of the community economic development (CED) process and outlines a variety of strategies communities can initiate to diversify their local economies. Second Growth advances understanding of local development by addressing two important deficiencies in the CED literature. First, CED is a rapidly expanding field that requires enhanced theoretical direction and historical analysis. Second, there is a need for systematic case study analyses of CED strategies in rural, small-town conditions. As communities struggle to confront complex forces of change, sound theoretical frameworks and tested best practices are important tools in facilitating the prospects for a second growth in rural and small-town communities. The book will appeal to educators and students of rural and economic geography, policy makers, and citizens who wish to better understand the transformations taking place across the rural landscape.
Download or read book Second Growth written by Wallace Earle Stegner and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New England village, untouched by history since the American Revolution, is the unquiet arena containing, but just barely, the aloof natives and the summer residents. Their paths cross, happily or disastrously, in a book that seems too real to be fiction. As Wallace Stegner writes, the conflict on this particular frontier "has been reproduced in an endlessly changing pattern all over the United States."
Download or read book Second growth Hardwoods in Connecticut written by Earl Hazeltine Frothingham and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knots in Second growth Pine and the Desirability of Pruning written by Benson H. Paul and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pruning of young trees in sparsely and unevenly stocked stands will greatly improve the resulting lumber grades. In northern white and red pines, even in fully stocked stands, artificial pruning is essential for the production of any of the best grades of lumber in a reasonable time.
Download or read book Second growth Western White Pine Stands written by Richard Franklin Watt and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Second growth Western White Pine Stands written by Richard F. Watt and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rate of Growth of Second growth Southern Pines in Full Stands written by Reginald Dunderdale Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preliminary Yield Tables for Second growth Stands in the California Pine Regions written by Duncan Dunning and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Volume Yield and Stand Tables for Second growth Southern Pines written by U.S. Forest service and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Volume Yield and Stand Tables for Second growth Southern Pines written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume, yield, and stand tables presented in this publication have been worked up from data gathered in the region-wide study of the rate of growth of the principal southern pines.
Download or read book Fifteen year Results from Six Cutting Methods in Second growth Northern Hardwoods written by Gayne G. Erdmann and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Some Aspects of Managing Second Growth Woodlands in Upper Michigan written by Franklin R. Longwood and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strength and Related Properties of a Randomly Selected Sample of Second growth Redwood written by B. A. Bendtsen and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veneer Recovery from Second growth Douglas fir written by Thomas Daniel Fahey and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Stocking on Site Measurement and Yield of Second growth Ponderosa Pine in the Inland Empire written by Donald W. Lynch and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Logging Damage Increases Under Heavy Cutting of Second growth Ponderosa Pine written by Donald W. Lynch and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
