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THE MAGNIFICENT COASTAL NORTH PACIFIC TEMPERATE RAINFOrest, blanketing a glacially carved landscape of precipitous mountains and dashing rivers, fragmented by thousands of islands, surrounds the eastern Pacific Rim from southern Alaska to northern California. Rainforests and islands have been a majo...

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Published inNorth Pacific Temperate Rainforests p. 3
Main Authors Gordon H. Orians, John W. Schoen, Jerry F. Franklin, Andy MacKinnon
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Washington Press 01.05.2017
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Summary:THE MAGNIFICENT COASTAL NORTH PACIFIC TEMPERATE RAINFOrest, blanketing a glacially carved landscape of precipitous mountains and dashing rivers, fragmented by thousands of islands, surrounds the eastern Pacific Rim from southern Alaska to northern California. Rainforests and islands have been a major focus of ecological and evolutionary study over the last century and a half. Today they are a core concern of forest ecologists, conservation biologists, and others. The purpose of this book is to provide a multidisciplinary overview of key issues related to the management and conservation of the portion of the coastal North Pacific rainforests in southeast Alaska and
ISBN:0295992611
9780295992617