The Highlands [electronic resource] : critical resources, treasured landscapes / edited by Richard G. Lathrop Jr.
Contributor(s): Lathrop, Richard G. (Richard Gilbert) | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Lathrop Jr. Rutgers University Press, c2011Description: xii, 366 p.Subject(s): Natural history -- New York (State) -- Hudson Highlands | Natural history -- New Jersey -- New Jersey HighlandsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 508.749 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Richard G. Lathrop Jr -- Bedrock geology of the highlands / Alexander E. Gates and David W. Valentino -- Glaciation and landscape history / Scott D. Stanford -- Major soils of the Highlands / John C.F. Tedrow and Richard K. Shaw -- Groundwater and surface water hydrology / Otto S. Zapecza, Donald E. Rice, and Vincent T. dePaul -- Water resources supply / Daniel J. Van Abs -- Forest history of the Highlands / Emily W.B. Southgate -- Forest ecology / William S. F. Schuster -- Wetlands of the highlands region / Joan G. Ehrenfeld -- An overview of the vascular plants of the highlands and the threats to plant biodiversity. Appendix 9.1: List of twenty-one globally rare, threatened, and endangered plant species reported from Connecticut, New jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, Appendix 9.2: List of fifty-eight invasive or potentially invasive species known from the Highlands region / Gerry Moore and Steven Glenn -- Wildlife of the highlands / Elizabeth A. Johnson -- Ironworking in the highlands / Theodore W. Kury and Peter O. Wacker -- Agriculture and urban development patterns in the Highlands / Richard G. Lathrop Jr -- Open space and recreation in the Highlands / Daniel Chazin -- Land use planning and policy in the Highlands / Rob Pirani, Thomas A. Gilbert, and Corey Piasecki -- Future vision for the Highlands / Richard G. Lathrop Jr., Mary Tyrell, and Myrna Hall.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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