Loeb Old Growth Urban Forests

2011
ISBN: 978-1-4614-0583-2
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 78 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Ecology

Millions of urbanites never see primeval forests during their lives except for the old growth forests found in urban parks. Unfortunately, these forests are on the verge of disappearing because arboreal reproduction is lost to human trampling and park administrators and urban foresters do not maintain these “natural” forests.
To aid urban foresters and park managers in meeting the challenges, research on old growth forests in urban parks is synthesized in terms of historical ecology to introduce the methods utilized to reveal long-term forest composition changes. The case study of three stands in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA relates pre-chestnut blight tree species densities and post-chestnut blight arboreal changes to fire and visitor trampling. The information gained on how urban old growth forests have developed and changed is used to develop restoration ecology based frameworks to restore species composition and address challenges to forest survival including invasive species.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loeb, Robert E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

(1) What and Where Are Old Growth Urban Forests?

References

(2) Historical Continuity

Introduction

Regional Forest Species Composition

Paleopalynology

Historical Floras

Witness Tree Records

Forest Dynamics

Street Forest

Landscaped Forest

Remnant Forest

Regional Synthesis of Historical Continuity

References

(3) Partnerships, Adaptive Management, and Restoration for Historical Continuity

Partnerships

Adaptive Management

Restoration

References

Index