Conserving Bogs

Conserving Bogs
Author: Rob E. Stoneman
Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Bog conservation
ISBN: 9780114958367

Bogs are fascinating landscapes for ecologists, climatologists, archaeologists, environmental historians and water managers. But many bogs have been damaged, and legislative protection - as 29 case studies demonstrate - is not enough to conserve the rest.

A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan

A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan
Author: Joshua G. Cohen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781611861341

Small enough to carry in a backpack, this comprehensive guide explores the many diverse natural communities of Michigan, providing detailed descriptions, distribution maps, photographs, lists of characteristic plants, suggested sites to visit, and a dichotomous key for aiding field identification. This is a key tool for those seeking to understand, describe, document, conserve, and restore the diversity of natural communities native to Michigan.

Wetland Plants

Wetland Plants
Author: Julie K. Cronk
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420032925

A detailed account of the biology and ecology of vascular wetland plants and their applications in wetland plant science, Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology presents a synthesis of wetland plant studies and reviews from biology, physiology, evolution, genetics, community and population ecology, environmental science, and engineering. It provides a

Plants of the Chicago Region

Plants of the Chicago Region
Author: Floyd Swink
Publisher:
Total Pages: 942
Release: 1994
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

An annotated checklist of the Vascular Flora of the Chicago Region with keys, this book contains notes on local distribution, ecology and taxonomy; a system for the qualitative evaluation of plant communities; a natural divisions' map; and a description of natural plant communities. This comprehensive and detailed treatment employs the revolutionary Coefficient of Conservatism (C values) and Floristic Quality Assessment methodology. "The Swink and Wilhelm tome is one of the very few where I know it will pay to check every species against my [Michigan Flora] manuscript."—Edward Voss