New England Forests Through Time - Insights From the Harvard Forest Dioramas

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-674-00344-6
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Format (B × H): 255 mm x 204 mm, Gewicht: 268 g

Over the past three hundred years New England's landscape has been transformed. The forests were cleared; the land was farmed intensively through the mid-nineteenth century and then was allowed to reforest naturally as agriculture shifted west. Today, in many ways the region is more natural than at any time since the American Revolution. This fascinating natural history is essential background for anyone interested in New England's ecology, wildlife, or landscape.

In New England Forests through Time these historical and environmental lessons are told through the world-renowned dioramas in Harvard's Fisher Museum. These remarkable models have introduced New England's landscape to countless visitors and have appeared in many ecology, forestry, and natural history texts. This first book based on the dioramas conveys the phenomenal history of the land, the beauty of the models, and new insights into nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foster, David

Foster, David R.

O’Keefe, John F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Über Autor(innen)

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

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