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Title British Columbia's Inland Rainforest : Ecology, Conservation, and Management / Susan K. Stevenson [and others] ; with Bob Drinkwater [and others]
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 432 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Physical Setting -- Geographic Distribution and Climate -- Physiography, Glacial History, and Landforms -- Soils -- 3. Ecology and Productivity -- Forest Cover and Dynamics -- Plant Communities of the Inland Rainforest -- Site Productivity and Tree Growth Potential -- Natural Disturbance Regimes -- Biodiversity -- Vascular Plants and Plant Communities -- Canopy Organisms and Forest Floor Associations -- Wildlife Trees and Coarse Woody Debris -- Wildlife -- Streams and Their Trophic Interactions with the Riparian Forest -- 4. Changing Communities, Changing Values, Changing Uses -- Historical Overview -- First Peoples and Traditional Use -- European Exploration and Settlement -- Early Development of the Forest Industry
Expansion of the Interior Forest Industry -- Cultural Values and Uses -- Spiritual Values -- Animals, Plants, Fungi, and Lichens -- Outdoor Recreation -- Conservation Trends -- Protected Areas -- Land-Use Planning -- 5. Changing Forests: Timber Harvesting and Silviculture -- The "Decadent" Forest -- Historical Trends in Harvesting and Reforestation -- Western Redcedar and Western Hemlock Harvesting Trends -- Reforestation Trends -- Trends in Forest Species Composition -- Silviculture and Stand Dynamics: Current and Emerging Perspectives -- Historical Reforestation Practices and Issues -- The Role of Natural and Advance Regeneration -- The Role of Broad-Leaved Trees -- Silvicultural Strategies for Retaining Structural Complexity -- 6. Changing Ecosystems: Forest Management Effects on Biodiversity -- Plant Communities -- Threats to Rare Plants and Communities
Invasive Species -- Canopy Organisms -- Wildlife Trees and Coarse Woody Debris -- Wildlife -- Aquatic Environments -- Effects of Logging on Watersheds -- Effects of Dams, Reservoirs, and Run-of-River Hydro Development -- 7. Changing Climate: Carbon Dynamics and Climate Change -- Carbon Dynamics -- Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation -- Potential Impacts of Future Climate Change -- Mitigative Strategies -- 8. Managing Ecological Landscape Patterns and Processes -- Protection Strategy -- Structural Diversity Strategy -- Intensive Management Strategy -- 9. A Vision for a Unique Ecosystem -- Appendices -- 1. Boundaries of British Columbia Forest Regions and Districts before and after 1 April 2003 -- 2. Status and Seasonal Abundance of Wildlife of the Inland Rainforest -- 3. Common and Scientific Names of Species Not Listed in Appendix 2
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-405) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Temperate rain forest ecology -- British Columbia
Temperate rain forest conservation -- British Columbia
Temperate rain forests -- British Columbia -- Management
Temperate rain forests -- British Columbia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
Temperate rain forest conservation
Temperate rain forest ecology
Temperate rain forests
British Columbia
Form Electronic book
Author Stevenson, Susan K
Drinkwater, Bob
ISBN 9780774818513
0774818514