Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0881509183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Forest Forensics" according to Marlowe Sand. Forest forensics is CSI meets AMC. This is wonderful book, if you live in the northeastern US or Canada and spend time in the outdoors. You will come to see the landscape around you in a whole new way - to read the history of the impacts of hurricanes, farming, logging etc. The book has clear descriptions tied to beautiful color plates, so you understand . Worth the 10.35 ounces in my pack I liked the two other books I have by Tom Wessels (Reading the Forested Landscape; The Granite Landscape) and thought I would try this one. It's a small book but the coated paper adds weight for the 160 pages. The weight is not a major issue for me but probably would be for long-distance hikers. There are 6Worth the 10.35 ounces in my pack Nahant Rocks I liked the two other books I have by Tom Wessels (Reading the Forested Landscape; The Granite Landscape) and thought I would try this one. It's a small book but the coated paper adds weight for the 160 pages. The weight is not a major issue for me but probably would be for long-distance hikers. There are 64 single page photos and 19 photos across 2 facin. single page photos and 19 photos across 2 facin. Pocket Guide to Reading the Past This is a take along pocket sized guide for walking. Based on information presented in "Reading the Forested Landscape, a Natural History of New England". These books are amazing in that they point out information left by previous natural events and humans. If a tree falls and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a noise? Yes, and what it says i
. He is the director of the Environmental Biology program at Antioch New England Graduate School. About the Author Tom Wessels is an ecologist and the author of Reading the Forested Landscape and Forest Forensics
Tom Wessels is an ecologist and the author of Reading the Forested Landscape and Forest Forensics. He is the director of the Environmental Biology program at Antioch New England Graduate School.
You’ll feel like a woodland Sherlock Holmes. Was this forest once farmland? Was it logged in the past? Was there ever a major catastrophe like a fire or a wind storm that brought trees down?Now Wessels takes that wonderful ability to discern much of the history of the forest from visual clues and boils it all down to a manageable field guide that you can take out to the woods and use to start playing forest detective yourself. Wessels has created a keya fascinating series of either/or questionsto guide you through the process of analyzing what you see. No walk in the woods will ever be the same. 50 color photographs. Take some of the mystery out of a walk in the woods with this new field guide from the author of Reading the Forested Landscape.Thousands of readers have had their experience of being in a forest changed forever by reading Tom Wessels's Reading the Forested Landscape