North Pacific Temperate Rainforests : Ecology and Conservation.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Island Life: Coming to Grips with the Insular Nature of Southeast Alaska and Adjoining Coastal British Columbia -- 3 Riparian Ecology, Climate Change, and Management in North Pacific Coastal Rainforests -- 4 Natural Disturbance Patterns in the Temperate Rainforests of Southeast Alaska and Adjacent British Columbia -- 5 Indigenous and Commercial Uses of the Natural Resources of the North Pacific Rainforest with a Focus on Southeast Alaska and Haida Gwaii -- Photo Gallery -- 6 Succession Debt and Roads: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Timber Harvest on a Large-Mammal Predator-Prey Community in Southeast Alaska -- 7 Concepts of Conservation Biology Applied to Wildlife in Old-Forest Ecosystems, with Special Reference to Southeast Alaska and Northern Coastal British Columbia -- 8 Why Watersheds: Evaluating the Protection of Undeveloped Watersheds as a Conservation Strategy in Northwestern North America -- 9 Variable Retention Harvesting in North Pacific Temperate Rainforests -- 10 Synthesis -- Literature Cited -- Author Biographies -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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