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The Northern Forest Border in Canada and Alaska

Biotic Communities and Ecological Relationships

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  • © 1989

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  1. James A. Larsen

    1. Rhinelander, USA

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 70)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Background and Setting

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 1-7

  3. Early Observations in the Northern Barrens

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 8-21

  4. The Forest/Tundra Transition or Ecotone

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 22-37

  5. Physiography of Northern Study Areas

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    Pages 38-110

  6. Forest Border Community Structure

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 111-142

  7. Northern Soils

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 143-157

  8. Faunal Community Relationships

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 158-165

  9. Essay on Diversity and Dominance

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 166-179

  10. Environment: Atmosphere

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 180-189

  11. Summary and Conclusions

    • James A. Larsen
    Pages 190-195

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 196-256
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About this book

It is enough to work on the assumption that all of the details matter in the end, in some unknown but vital way. Edward O. Wilson, Biophilia Advances in knowledge of northern ecology have been so rapid that to undertake a synthesis of all the literature now available would be a major enterprise, perhaps even a life's work, and so it must be considered permissible to fill in a few gaps, follow one's own inclinations, leaving comprehensive syntheses to those willing to undertake them. This is the rubric under which I have written, reporting some of the more interesting data I and others have obtained over the years, often diverging into discussions of plants, soils, climate, and faunal relationships which have perhaps not previously been dealt with extensively, or at least in quite the same way. This is purely intentional, since I find it difficult to summon up the needed enthusiasm, at this late hour, to write on topics which unfortunately for me have little attraction. I have thus written for the pleasure derived from depicting, perhaps at times as something of an impressionist, a fascinating biotic region, a captivating land, a collection of interesting ecological problems, environmental relationships to be discerned in part, perhaps understood to some small degree, perhaps one day to be modeled mathematically. As Leo Szilard once wrote: ': . . to be able to say even this much might be of some value" (Szilard, 1960).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Rhinelander, USA

    James A. Larsen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Northern Forest Border in Canada and Alaska

  • Book Subtitle: Biotic Communities and Ecological Relationships

  • Authors: James A. Larsen

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8791-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8793-0Published: 08 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8791-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 255

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology

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