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New England Forests Through Time Insights from the Harvard Forest Dioramas

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ISBN-10: 0674003446

ISBN-13: 9780674003446

Edition: 2000

Authors: David R. Foster, John F. O'Keefe

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List price: $10.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 10.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

David R. Foster is Director of the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, and teaches ecology at Harvard University.

John F. O'Keefe is the Coordinator of Harvard University's Fisher Museum of Forestry.

Foreword
Landscape History of Central New England
Pre-Settlement Forest 1700 A.D.
An Early Settler Clears a Homestead 1740 A.D.
Height of Forest Clearance and Agriculture 1830 A.D.
Farm Abandonment 1850 A.D.
"Old-Field" White Pine Forest on Abandoned Land 1910 A.D.
"Old-Field" White Pine is Succeeded by Hardwoods 1915 A.D.
A Vigorously Growing Forest of Hardwoods 1930 A.D.
The Modern Forest Landscape
Summary: Ecological Lessons from Forest History
Conservation Issues in the History of New England Forests
Old-Growth Forests
Wildlife Habitat in a Dynamic Landscape
Accelerated Erosion with Intensive Land Use
Forest Fire
Forest Fire Management
Forest Management in Central New England
Early Treatment of a Hardwood Stand
Improvement Cutting in a Hardwood Stand
First Thinning in a Mixed White Pine-Hardwood Forest
Third Thinning in a Mixed White Pine-Hardwood Forest
Conversion Of Cordwood To Future Sawtimber
Increasing While Pine in Hardwood Stands
Release of Pine from Suppression by Gray Birch
Pruning White Pine to Produce Better Logs
Group Selection Method of Harvesting White Pine
Shelterwood Method in White Pine And Hardwoods
Artistry and Construction of the Dioramas
Sugqested Further Reading
About the Harvard Forest
The Fisher Museum