Pine Barrens

Richard T. T. Forman is the PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology at Harvard University and author of Landscape Ecology, Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-use Planning , and the award-winning Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions .

• Introduction: Location and Boundaries of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Jack McCormick and Richard T. T. Forman1. Human Exploitation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens Before 1900 / Peter O. Wacker2. Plant and Animal Products of the Pine Barrens / James E. Applegate, Silas Little and Philip E. Marucci3. Geology of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey / Edward C. Rhodehamel4. Development of Pine Barrens Soils / John C. F. Tedrow5. Soil Series of the Pine Barrens / Marco L. Markley6. Mineralogy of Pine Barrens Soils / Lowell A. Douglas and John J. Trela7. Climate and Microclimate of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / A. Vaughn Havens8. Fluxes of Water and Energy Through the Pine Barrens Ecosystems / John Thomas Ballard9. Hydrology of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Edward C. Rhodehamel10. Streams and Lakes in the Pine Barrens / Ruth Patrick, Barbara Matson and Lee Anderson11. Nutrient and Hydrological Effects of the Pine Barrens on Neighboring Estuaries / James B. Durand12. Vegetational History of the Pine Barrens / Calvin J. Heusser13. The Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Jack McCormick14. Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: A Phytosociological Classification / Hans Olsson15. Vegetational Gradients of the Pine Plains and Barrens of Long Island, New York / Linda S. Olsvig, John F. Cryan and Robert H. Whittaker16. The Pine Barren Plains / Ralph E. Good, Norma F. Good and John W. Andresen17. Fire and Plant Succession in the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Silas Little18. Vegetational Relationships of the Pine Barrens / Robert H. Whittaker19. Leaky Ecosystems: Nutrient Fluxes and Succession in the Pine Barrens Vegetation / George M. Woodwell20. Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida Mill.): Ecology, Physiology, and Genetics / F. Thomas Ledig and Silas Little. 21. Common Vascular Plants of the Pine Barrens / Wayne R. Ferren, Jr., John W. Braxton and Louis Hand22. Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Vascular Plants of the Pine Barrens and their Biogeography / David E. Fairbrothers23. Common Bryophytes and Lichens of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Richard T. T. Forman24. Algae of the Pine Barrens / Edwin T. Moul and Helen Foot Buell25. Mammals of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Leonard J. Wolgast26. Birds of the Pine Barrens / Charles F. Leck27. A Zoogeographical Review of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Southern New Jersey, with Emphasis on the Pine Barrens / Roger Conant28. Fish of the Pine Barrens / Robert W. Hastings29. Arthropods of the Pine Barrens / Howard P. Boyd and Philip E. Marucci30. Soil Arthropod Microcommunities of the Pine Barrens / Daniel L. Dindal31. Animal Communities of the New Jersey Pine Barrens / Edmund W. Stiles32. Ecological Research Opportunities in the New Jersey Pine Barrens / William A. Reiners33. The Pine Barrens of New Jersey: An Ecological Mosaic / Richard T. T. Forman

Naturalists, ecologists, and environmentalists should find this text a valuable resource for teaching and research. (American Biology Teacher) This is a volume that all who wish to be knowledgeable about conifer forests, the vegetation of coastal southeastern America, or regional monographic synthesis will need. (Science) A scholarly treatise of many scientific disciplines, useful as a teaching text, as a model in landscape studies, and for application in natural resource management. . . . Pine Barrens is written to be easily understood by æthe layman, the environmentalist, and the nature club member.Æ. (Sierra Atlantic) This volume can be looked upon as constituting a model for monographs on significant areas, covering a multitude of aspects and destined to inform the reader as thoroughly as possible. (BioScience)