Northeastern Naturalist back issues from January 1998:
Recovery and future of the northeastern forest
Jan 01, 1998; ... ROBERT A. ASKINS * The recovery of the forests of the northeastern United States during the past 150 years is remarkable. Regions that were 80 to 90% farmland in the mid-nineteenth century are now 60 to 80% forested. Forest now covers the stone walls, cellars and roads of an earlier ...
Forces that shaped the forests of the northeastern United States
Jan 01, 1998; ... WILLIAM A. NIERING * "Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory and a sterner sense of justice than we do." -Wendell Berry. Abstract - The Northeast includes three major forest regions-central hardwoods, hemlock-white pine northern ...
Ecology and conservation in the cultural landscape of New England: Lessons from nature's history
Jan 01, 1998; ... DAVID R. FOSTER AND GLENN MOTZKIN * ABSTRACT - As a result of historical and current human impacts on natural ecosystems worldwide, most modern landscapes involve an element of cultural influence. In New England, for example, although the landscape was largely forested prior to European ...
The importance of long-term data in addressing regional environmental issues
Jan 01, 1998; ... GENE E. LIKENS * AND KATHLEEN FALLON LAMBERT ** ABSTRACT - Long-term data have been used to evaluate complex, environmental problems, such as the anthropogenic acidification of regional landscapes by acid rain, and to quantify changes in ecosystem function associated with large-scale ...
A brief assessment of forest health in Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada
Jan 01, 1998; ... JOHN M. SKELLY * ABSTRACT - Air pollution is rightfully considered as a very real and important threat to our forests. However, determining the possible role of air pollutants in causing changes in forest health and productivity has been difficult. Ever-present diseases, insects, and ...
The epidemiology of forest decline in eastern deciduous forests
Jan 01, 1998; ... ORIE L. LOUCKS* ABSTRACT - Forest decline is viewed here as a subtle change that develops slowly and is difficult to distinguish from natural variation. This paper focuses on the approaches and data needed to understand causes of decline in complex systems. The challenge is to balance ...
The potential contribution of economics to the recovery of Northeastern forests
Jan 01, 1998; ... DINA FRANCESCHI * AND JAMES R. KAHN** Abstract - The textbook definition of the science of economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. Despite this rather broad definition, many noneconomists regard economics as related only to cash flows. Consequently, they do not ...
Nothing endures but change: Ecology's newly emerging paradigm
Jan 01, 1998; ... JOHN KRICHER * Abstract - The study of history, human or otherwise, is really the study of change, the processes by which change is effected, and the effects of change. Change is normal in ecosystems. Measurement of change is scale dependent in both time and space. In nature, change ...
Seed germination of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea
Jan 01, 1998; ... SYBIL G. GOTSCH AND AARON M. ELLISON * ABSTRACT - We present data on dormancy-breaking requirements and germination rates of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea var. terrae-novae de la Pylaie. Upon dispersal from the parent plant, embryos are only partially developed. Seeds ...
Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology
Jan 01, 1998; ... Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology. Peter J. Marchand. 1996. University Press of New England, Hanover, NH. 288 pp. $19.95 paperback. For those whose year includes many months of winter, this is an exceptionally readable and informative book that ...
The Ecology of a Tropical Forest: Seasonal Rhythms and Long-Term changes
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Ecology of a Tropical Forest: Seasonal Rhythms and Long-Term Changes. Egbert G. Leigh, Jr., A. Stanley Rand, and Donald M. Windsor, Eds. 1996. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 503 pp. paperback. Features results of years of research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...
This is Biology: The Science of the Living World
Jan 01, 1998; ... This is Biology: The Science of the Living World. Ernst Mayr. 1997. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 327 pp. $29.95 hardcover. Reflections from the foremost evolutionary biologist of our time; elegantly places some of the larger questions of biology in ...
Coffee and Power: Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America
Jan 01, 1998; ... Coffee and Power: Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America. Jeffery M. Paige. 1997. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 432 pp. $18.95 paperback. An indepth historical analysis of the role played by coffee in the seemingly puzzling convergence of the political systems of El ...
The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. Richard C. J. Somerville. 1996. University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA. 220 pp. $13.95 paperback. An eminently readable book that provides a comprehensive and comprehendable overview of such phenomena as ...
All the Birds of North America
Jan 01, 1998; ... All the Birds of North America. Jack L. Griggs. 1997. Harper Collins, New York, NY. 172 pp. $19.95 paperback. Not just another field guide; crisp illustrations convey 3-dimensionality of birds that are grouped by similar species with habitat backgrounds; more realistic ...
Striking a Balance: Improving Stewardship of Marine Areas
Jan 01, 1998; ... Striking a Balance: Improving Stewardship of Marine Areas. Committee of Marine Area Governance and Management. 1997. National Academy Press, Washington DC. 177 pp. $44.95 hardcover. A measured and authoritative response to the urgent need for more careful management of our coastal ...
North Country: A Personal Journey Through the Borderland
Jan 01, 1998; ... North Country: A Personal Journey Through the Borderland. Howard Frank Mosher. 1997. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA. 259 pp. $23.00 hardcover. A personal literary memoir and autobiographical journey along the ...
The Art of Botanical Illustration: An Illustrated History
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Art of Botanical Illustration: An Illustrated History. Wilfrid Blunt. 1994. Dover Publications, Mineola NY. 304 pp. $14.95 paperback. Finally available reprint of the classical 1950 edition, with full-color plates; detailed overview ...
A Field Guide to Geology: Eastern North America. Peterson Field Guides
Jan 01, 1998; ... A Field Guide to Geology: Eastern North America. Peterson Field Guides. David C. Roberts. 1996. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, NY. 402 pp. $17.95 paperback. A detailed overview of eastern North America that is of interest to ...
Loons: Song of the Wild
Jan 01, 1998; ... Loons: Song of the Wild. Michael Dregni, Ed. 1995. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MI. 108 pp. $24.95 hardcover. Exceptional photographs and reasonable account of the natural history ...
The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture. Lawrence Buell. 1996. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 586 pp. $16.95 paperback. A novel overview of the newly emerging field variously known as environmental literature, green cultural ...
Climbing Plants
Jan 01, 1998; ... Climbing Plants. Enrico Banfi and Francesca Consolono. 1994. Simon and Schuster, New York, NY. 152 pp. $15.00 paperback. Inspiring color photographs and field guide format make this a valuable reference book for gardeners ...
Wild America: The Legendary Story of Two Great Naturalists on the Road
Jan 01, 1998; ... Wild America: The Legendary Story of Two Great Naturalists on the Road. Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher. 1995. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY. 434 pp. $14.00 paperback. Personal ...
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Jan 01, 1998; ... Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. Mark Kurlansky. 1997. Walker and Co., New York, NY. 294 pp. $21.00 hardcover. Whatever happened to the cod? an account of how an abundant resource slowly diminished thanks to greed ...
Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America
Jan 01, 1998; ... Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America. Barbara L. Peckarsky, Pierre R. Fraissinet, Marjory A. Penton, and Don J. Conklin, Jr. 1995. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 442 pp. paperback. Exceptionally useable ...
Forest Gardening: Cultivating and Edible Landscape
Jan 01, 1998; ... Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape. Robert Hart. 1991. Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT. 234 pp. $17.95 paperback. A fine presentation in essay ...
Sharing the Earth: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Development
Jan 01, 1998; ... Sharing the Earth: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Development. Tarla Rai Peterson. 1997. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC. 250 pp. $29.95 hardcover. Although the concept of sustainable development is often used, it is little understood and often mis-used; this ...
The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Return of the Wolf To Yellowstone. Thomas McNamee. 1997. Henry Holt and Co., New York, NY. 354 pp. $27.50 hardcover. A fine blending of observations, feelings, facts, and perceptions involving the reintroduction of the ...
Reflections of a Whale-Watcher
Jan 01, 1998; ... Reflections of a Whale-Watcher. Michelle A. Gilders.1995. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN. 272 pp. $16.95 paperback, $29.95 hardcover. A pleasant and readable book that covers an ...
Common Sense Pest Control: Least-Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pets and Community
Jan 01, 1998; ... Common Sense Pest Control: Least-- Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pets and Community. William Olkowski, Sheila Daar, and Helga Olkowski. 1996. The Taunton Press, Newton, CT. 715 pp. $39.95 hardcover. From basic concepts to advanced topics in integrated pest ...
Vanishing Songbirds
Jan 01, 1998; ... Vanishing Songbirds. Eliot Porter. 1996. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA. 159 pp. $37.50 hardcover. Exceptional collection of 60 full-page and 65 smaller photo-portraits of songbirds with accompanying text; the ...
Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York: Identification Keys to Common Nearshore and Shallow Water Macrofauna
Jan 01, 1998; ... Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York: Identification Keys to Common Nearshore and Shallow Water Macrofauna. Howard M. Weiss, Ph.D. 1997. Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources Center, Hartford, CT. 344 pp. $39.95 hardcover. Finally, a comprehensive ...
Mad Dogs: The New Rabies Plague
Jan 01, 1998; ... Mad Dogs: The New Rabies Plague. Don Finley. 1998. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 232 pp. $ 14.95 paperback, $22.95 hardcover. Written by an award winning journalist, this book chronicles the use of a ...
Do Lemmings Commit Suicide?
Jan 01, 1998; ... Do Lemmings Commit Suicide? Dennis Chitty. 1996. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 268 pp. $29.95 paperback. Have you ever seen that famous 18501920 record of hare and lynx pelts purchased by the Hudson Bay Company in Canada? Charles Elton (1939) introduced it to the world as an ...
New records for Sphagnum and other peatland bryophytes from Indiana
Jan 01, 1998; ... ANTHONY L. SWINEHART AND RICHARD E. ANDRUS ABSTRACT - The bryoflora of 16 peatlands in northern Indiana was surveyed using systematically arranged, 1 m2 quadrats. The peatlands included representatives of non-Sphagnum-dominated low-shrub/sedge peatlands, Sphagnum-dominated low-shrub ...
Successful invasion of New York State by the terrestrial flatworm, Bipalium adventitium
Jan 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT - The terrestrial planarian Bipalium adventitium Hyman, 1943, a predator of earthworms, was first identified in the United States about a half century ago and is believed to have been introduced from Asia. Since that time, anecdotal reports have indicated its presence in six states and ...
The white shark in Maine and Canadian Atlantic waters
Jan 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT - Dispelling the popular belief that the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is accidental to northern waters, the author, through compiling local and literary documentation of the species, suggests that the white shark is a perennial, seasonal visitor to the northern Gulf of Maine ....
A first eastern Canadian stranding record for Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Jan 01, 1998; ... JOHN W. LAWSON 1 AND JAMES D. EDDINGTON 2 ABSTRACT - We discovered a dead male Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada on January 7 1994. The 277 cm long corpse was unmarked by net entanglement or propeller scarring. Transverse sections of fusiform teeth ...
An inventory of seasonal forest ponds on the Quabbin reservoir watershed, Massachusetts
Jan 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT - Seasonal forest ponds are unique habitats, and are the principal breeding habitat for some amphibians and invertebrates. An inventory of these habitats on the Quabbin Reservoir (Swift River) watershed (48,500 ha) in central Massachusetts identified and mapped 430 ponds. Two-thirds of ...
Changes in the distribution of stream-dwelling crayfishes in the Schoharie Creek system, eastern New York state
Jan 01, 1998; ... ROBERT A. DANIELS ABSTRACT - Changes in the distribution of crayfishes in the Schoharie Creek drainage, eastern New York State, are assessed, based on historical records and surveys conducted in 1982-83 and 1996. The native crayfish assemblage in this region probably consisted of.only ...
Paleoethnobotanical inquiry of early euro-American and Ojibwa Gardens on Grand Island, Michigan
Jan 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT - Exploratory archaeobotanical analysis was conducted on Grand Island, Michigan, in concert with current botanical inventories and historic document research. Our goal was to synthesize these three forms of data in the study of early cultural-plant use. We describe indigenous and ...
Volcanos
Jan 01, 1998; ... Volcanos. Robert Decker and Barbara Decker, 1998. 3rd Edition. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, NY. 319 pp. $19.95 paperback. This volume will serve the neophyte as well as the professional volcanologist. Written by the former scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, it ...
Plants, People and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany
Jan 01, 1998; ... Plants, People and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany. Michael J. Balik and Paul Alan Cox, 1997. Scientific American Library, New York, NY. 229 pp. $19.95 paperback. Interdisciplinary in nature and well illustrated. The authors have successfully created a dynamic reference spanning the range ...
Trespassing: An Inquiry Into The Private Ownership of Land
Jan 01, 1998; ... Trespassing: An Inquiry Into The Private Ownership of Land. John Hanson Mitchell, 1998. Perseus Books, Reading, MA. 293 pp. $25.00 hardcover. Respect for local traditions of land usage and often unwritten terms of access, even if applicable for generations, can easily become fodder for dazzling ...
A Day's Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920
Jan 01, 1998; ... A Day's Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920. Annotated and Compiled by W. H. Bunting, 1997. Tilbury House, Publishers, Gardiner, ME. 379 pp. $35.00 paperback, $55.00 hardcover. Contains 225 black and white photographs, each one accompanied by a thought provoking page-long ...
Into The Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain
Jan 01, 1998; ... Into The Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain. Bland Simpson. Photography by Ann Cary Simpson, 1977. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 269 pp. $19.95 paperback, $34.95 hardcover. Intimately personal narrative recounting the homeward journey by two people ...
The Nature of Vermont: Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Nature of Vermont: Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment. Charles W. Johnson, 1998. University Press of New England, Hanover, NH. 372 pp. $17.95 paperback. Finally, an updated and largely rewritten edition of this popular book. A thorough natural history that goes well beyond ...
Ecology and Management of the North American Moose
Jan 01, 1998; ... Ecology and Management of the North American Moose. Edited by Albert W. Franzmann and Charles C. Schwartz, 1998. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 733 pp. $59.95 hardcover. Profusely and magnificently illustrated. The biology, ecology, and natural history of moose are thoroughly and ...
Walking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking
Jan 01, 1998; ... Walking Softly in the Wilderness: The Sierra Club Guide to Backpacking. 3rd Edition. John Hart, 1998. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA. 477 pp. $16.00 paperback. A useful reference volume to help novices and experienced backpackers alike to prepare for a wilderness experience. Thoughtful ...
Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge
Jan 01, 1998; ... Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge. Joel Simon, 1997. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA. 275 pp. $16.00 paperback. Difficult to put down. Impossible to ignore. An in-depth analysis of the environmental problems plagueing Mexico. A warning call to other nations which place economic ...
An Aooalachian Tragedy: Air Pollution and Tree Death in the Eastern Forests of North America
Jan 01, 1998; ... An Appalachian Tragedy: Air Pollution And Tree Death in the Eastern Forests of North America. Edited by Harvard Ayers, Jenny Hager, and Charles E. Little. 1998. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA. 216 pp. $45.00 hardcover. In the name of industry, forests have been clear-cut, rivers laced with ...
Forever Wild: Maine's Magnificent Baxter State Park
Jan 01, 1998; ... Forever Wild: Maine's Magnificent Baxter State Park. Robert Villani, 1991. Down East Books, Camden, Maine. 112 pp. $35.00 hardcover ....
On Methuselah's Trail: Living Fossils and the Great Extinctions
Jan 01, 1998; ... On Methuselah's Trail: Living Fossils and the Great Extinctions. Peter Douglas Ward, 1992. Illustrations by Linda Krause. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. 212 pp. $14.95 paperback. A detective novel of the fossilian kind. An unusual book ...
The Baxters of Maine: Downeast Visionaries
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Baxters of Maine: Downeast Visionaries. Neil Rolde, 1997. Tilbury House, Publishers, Gardiner, Maine. 340 pp. $14.95 paperback, $24.95 hardcover. A fresh, engaging, and wonderfully detailed look at one of Maine's most prominent families, including their hard ...
Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide
Jan 01, 1998; ... Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide. 2nd Edition. Louise H. Emmons. 1997. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 396 pp. $25.95 paperback, $80.00 hardcover. A solid reference book focusing on lowland rainforest mammals of Central America and South America. A significant ...
Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming
Jan 01, 1998; ... Is the Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming. S. George Philander. 1998. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 262 pp. $29.95 hardcover Written for the nonspecialist, this book neatly presents a wealth of scientific information on a very complex and controversial ...
Biology Takes Form: Animal Morphology and the German Universities, 1800-1900
Jan 01, 1998; ... Biology Takes Form: Animal Morphology and the German Universities, 18001900. Lynn K. Nyhart. 1995. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 414 pp. $27.50 paperback, $75.00 cloth. For those who are fascinated by the history of science, this book presents a fine overview of the important ...
The Evolution of Communication
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Evolution of Communication. Marc D. Hauser. 1997. The MIT Press. Cambridge, MA. 760 pp. $35.00 paperback. In a single volume, the author presents a scholarly yet readable general overview of animal communication. A commendable effort that integrates information from over 1500 references, ...
Groundwater in Geologic Processes
Jan 01, 1998; ... Groundwater in Geologic Processes. Steven E. Ingebritsen and Ward E. Sanford. 1998. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. 341 pp. hardcover. Written for the specialist and the mathematically inclined, this book ...
People and the Earth: Basic Issues in the Sustainability of Resources and Environment
Jan 01, 1998; ... People and the Earth: Basic Issues in the Sustainability of Resources and Environment. John J. W. Rogers and P. Geoffery Feiss. 1998. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. 338 pp. $32.95 paperback, $80.00 hardcover. Written as an introductory textbook, this volume reviews how we interact ...
Ornithology
Jan 01, 1998; ... Ornithology. Frank B. Gill. 2nd. ed. 1995. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, NY. 763 pp. hardcover. A broad overview of ornithology. An exceptionally readable book that at the same time gives a wealth of scientific information on everything from eggshell structure, to stable ...
Field Guide to the Piedmont: The Natural Habitats of America's Most Lived-in Region, from New York City to Montgomery
Jan 01, 1998; ... Michael A. Godfrey. 1997. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 524 pp. $19.95 paperback. Written for general naturalists, this book reviews the natural history of this ecologically distinct region from a community and habitat ...
The Great Lobster War
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Great Lobster War. Ron Formisano. 1997. The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA. 150 pp. $14.95 paperback, $35.00 cloth. Details the early history of the Maine Lobstermen's association and its epic legal battle in the 1950s with wholesalers over the ...
The Book of Nature: Natural History in the United States, 1825-1875
Jan 01, 1998; ... The Book of Nature: Natural History in the United States, 1825-1875. Margaret Welch. 1998. Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA. 289 pp. $50.00 hardcover. Reviews in detail the important place in history that the publications of John James Audubon, Asa Gray and others have ....
The World of the Harvester Ants
Jan 01, 1998; ... The World of the Harvester Ants. Stephen Welton Taber. 1998. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 232 pp. $34.95 hardcover. A fascinating review of our scientific knowledge of this well-known group of mound building ants. Primarily found in grasslands, they are found from the ...