America's Ancient Forests
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America's Ancient Forests
From the Ice Age to the Age of Discovery
Bonnicksen, Thomas M.
John Wiley & Sons Inc
02/2000
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Inglês
9780471136224
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PART ONE: THE MAKING OF AMERICA'S ANCIENT FORESTS.
The Great Cold.
Glacial Ages.
Climate and Ice.
Land of the Great Cold.
End of the Ice Age.
Ice Age Forests.
Life Near the Ice.
The Spruce Forest.
Western Forests.
Southern Forests.
Finding the Lost Prairies.
Creatures of the Ice Age.
The Birth of Modern Forests.
Trees Begin to Move.
Pioneer and Settler Trees.
Spruce Migration.
Trees Abandon the Great Plains.
Trees Advance in the Midwest and East.
Trees Advance in the West.
The Great Drought.
The Next Ice Age.
Ancient People in a New World.
First Footprint.
Passage South.
Setting the West.
The Way East.
Trail to Florida.
Journey to Another Continent.
Taming a Wilderness.
Mammoth Hunters.
Ice Age Extinctions.
The Holocene.
Bison Hunters.
Hunter-Gatherers.
Decline and Return of the Bison.
Settlement and the Seasonal Round.
Harvesting the Forest.
Nourishment and Healing.
Temporary and Portable Shelter.
Plank Houses and Canoes.
Enhancing Nature's Bounty.
Wild Gardens.
Agriculture and Forests in the Southwest.
The Hohokam.
The Anasazis.
Agriculture and Forests in the East.
Early Mound Builders.
The Adena.
The Hopewell.
The Mississippians.
Warfare and Forests.
Historical Times.
Fire Masters.
A World of Fire.
Hissing, Roaring Flames.
Fire People.
Country Very Smoky.
Their Fires are Left Burning.
The Ominous Smoke Signal.
Firing the Forests of Their Enemies.
Fire Hunters.
Circles of Fire.
Their Wings are Scorched.
That Necessity May Drive Them.
Green and Fair Pasturage.
To Render Hunting Easier.
Just Set Your Teepee Up There.
They Knew Where to Burn.
Little Hair (Pelillo).
To Dry and Cook.
Straight and Slender.
Burned Places in the Forest (Go-ley-day).
Keeping the Country Open.
A Pleasant Meadow.
Prairies and Open Grounds along the Coast.
Little Knots of Deer.
To Prepare the Ground.
They Cleared the Way with Fire.
Because the Woods Were Not Burnt.
PART TWO: FORESTS AT DISCOVERY.
Timeless Qualities of Ancient Forests.
Patches.
Succession.
Shifting Mosaics.
Mutual Dependence.
The Spanish Explorer's Forests.
Southern Pine Forests.
Pi?on-Juniper and Juniper Woodlands.
Pacific Oak Woodlands.
Valley Woodlands.
Foothill Woodlands.
Coastal Woodlands.
Northern Woodlands.
Coast Redwood Forest.
Forests of the Colonies.
Oak-Chestnut Forest.
Eastern White Pine Forest.
Beech-Maple Forest.
Red Spruce--Fir and Balsam Fir Forests.
Southern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
Northern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
High Mountain Balsam Fir Forest.
Forests of the Fathers.
White Spruce Forest.
Great Lakes Pine Forests.
Jack Pine Forest.
Red and White Pine Forests.
Oak-Hickory Forest.
Oak Savannas.
Bottomland and Protected Forests.
Oak Woodlands.
The Trapper's Forests.
Ponderosa Pine Forest.
Lodgepole Pine Forest.
Pacific Douglas-Fir Forest.
Giant Sequoia Forest.
Notes and Citations.
Bibliography.
Index.
The Great Cold.
Glacial Ages.
Climate and Ice.
Land of the Great Cold.
End of the Ice Age.
Ice Age Forests.
Life Near the Ice.
The Spruce Forest.
Western Forests.
Southern Forests.
Finding the Lost Prairies.
Creatures of the Ice Age.
The Birth of Modern Forests.
Trees Begin to Move.
Pioneer and Settler Trees.
Spruce Migration.
Trees Abandon the Great Plains.
Trees Advance in the Midwest and East.
Trees Advance in the West.
The Great Drought.
The Next Ice Age.
Ancient People in a New World.
First Footprint.
Passage South.
Setting the West.
The Way East.
Trail to Florida.
Journey to Another Continent.
Taming a Wilderness.
Mammoth Hunters.
Ice Age Extinctions.
The Holocene.
Bison Hunters.
Hunter-Gatherers.
Decline and Return of the Bison.
Settlement and the Seasonal Round.
Harvesting the Forest.
Nourishment and Healing.
Temporary and Portable Shelter.
Plank Houses and Canoes.
Enhancing Nature's Bounty.
Wild Gardens.
Agriculture and Forests in the Southwest.
The Hohokam.
The Anasazis.
Agriculture and Forests in the East.
Early Mound Builders.
The Adena.
The Hopewell.
The Mississippians.
Warfare and Forests.
Historical Times.
Fire Masters.
A World of Fire.
Hissing, Roaring Flames.
Fire People.
Country Very Smoky.
Their Fires are Left Burning.
The Ominous Smoke Signal.
Firing the Forests of Their Enemies.
Fire Hunters.
Circles of Fire.
Their Wings are Scorched.
That Necessity May Drive Them.
Green and Fair Pasturage.
To Render Hunting Easier.
Just Set Your Teepee Up There.
They Knew Where to Burn.
Little Hair (Pelillo).
To Dry and Cook.
Straight and Slender.
Burned Places in the Forest (Go-ley-day).
Keeping the Country Open.
A Pleasant Meadow.
Prairies and Open Grounds along the Coast.
Little Knots of Deer.
To Prepare the Ground.
They Cleared the Way with Fire.
Because the Woods Were Not Burnt.
PART TWO: FORESTS AT DISCOVERY.
Timeless Qualities of Ancient Forests.
Patches.
Succession.
Shifting Mosaics.
Mutual Dependence.
The Spanish Explorer's Forests.
Southern Pine Forests.
Pi?on-Juniper and Juniper Woodlands.
Pacific Oak Woodlands.
Valley Woodlands.
Foothill Woodlands.
Coastal Woodlands.
Northern Woodlands.
Coast Redwood Forest.
Forests of the Colonies.
Oak-Chestnut Forest.
Eastern White Pine Forest.
Beech-Maple Forest.
Red Spruce--Fir and Balsam Fir Forests.
Southern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
Northern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
High Mountain Balsam Fir Forest.
Forests of the Fathers.
White Spruce Forest.
Great Lakes Pine Forests.
Jack Pine Forest.
Red and White Pine Forests.
Oak-Hickory Forest.
Oak Savannas.
Bottomland and Protected Forests.
Oak Woodlands.
The Trapper's Forests.
Ponderosa Pine Forest.
Lodgepole Pine Forest.
Pacific Douglas-Fir Forest.
Giant Sequoia Forest.
Notes and Citations.
Bibliography.
Index.
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PART ONE: THE MAKING OF AMERICA'S ANCIENT FORESTS.
The Great Cold.
Glacial Ages.
Climate and Ice.
Land of the Great Cold.
End of the Ice Age.
Ice Age Forests.
Life Near the Ice.
The Spruce Forest.
Western Forests.
Southern Forests.
Finding the Lost Prairies.
Creatures of the Ice Age.
The Birth of Modern Forests.
Trees Begin to Move.
Pioneer and Settler Trees.
Spruce Migration.
Trees Abandon the Great Plains.
Trees Advance in the Midwest and East.
Trees Advance in the West.
The Great Drought.
The Next Ice Age.
Ancient People in a New World.
First Footprint.
Passage South.
Setting the West.
The Way East.
Trail to Florida.
Journey to Another Continent.
Taming a Wilderness.
Mammoth Hunters.
Ice Age Extinctions.
The Holocene.
Bison Hunters.
Hunter-Gatherers.
Decline and Return of the Bison.
Settlement and the Seasonal Round.
Harvesting the Forest.
Nourishment and Healing.
Temporary and Portable Shelter.
Plank Houses and Canoes.
Enhancing Nature's Bounty.
Wild Gardens.
Agriculture and Forests in the Southwest.
The Hohokam.
The Anasazis.
Agriculture and Forests in the East.
Early Mound Builders.
The Adena.
The Hopewell.
The Mississippians.
Warfare and Forests.
Historical Times.
Fire Masters.
A World of Fire.
Hissing, Roaring Flames.
Fire People.
Country Very Smoky.
Their Fires are Left Burning.
The Ominous Smoke Signal.
Firing the Forests of Their Enemies.
Fire Hunters.
Circles of Fire.
Their Wings are Scorched.
That Necessity May Drive Them.
Green and Fair Pasturage.
To Render Hunting Easier.
Just Set Your Teepee Up There.
They Knew Where to Burn.
Little Hair (Pelillo).
To Dry and Cook.
Straight and Slender.
Burned Places in the Forest (Go-ley-day).
Keeping the Country Open.
A Pleasant Meadow.
Prairies and Open Grounds along the Coast.
Little Knots of Deer.
To Prepare the Ground.
They Cleared the Way with Fire.
Because the Woods Were Not Burnt.
PART TWO: FORESTS AT DISCOVERY.
Timeless Qualities of Ancient Forests.
Patches.
Succession.
Shifting Mosaics.
Mutual Dependence.
The Spanish Explorer's Forests.
Southern Pine Forests.
Pi?on-Juniper and Juniper Woodlands.
Pacific Oak Woodlands.
Valley Woodlands.
Foothill Woodlands.
Coastal Woodlands.
Northern Woodlands.
Coast Redwood Forest.
Forests of the Colonies.
Oak-Chestnut Forest.
Eastern White Pine Forest.
Beech-Maple Forest.
Red Spruce--Fir and Balsam Fir Forests.
Southern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
Northern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
High Mountain Balsam Fir Forest.
Forests of the Fathers.
White Spruce Forest.
Great Lakes Pine Forests.
Jack Pine Forest.
Red and White Pine Forests.
Oak-Hickory Forest.
Oak Savannas.
Bottomland and Protected Forests.
Oak Woodlands.
The Trapper's Forests.
Ponderosa Pine Forest.
Lodgepole Pine Forest.
Pacific Douglas-Fir Forest.
Giant Sequoia Forest.
Notes and Citations.
Bibliography.
Index.
The Great Cold.
Glacial Ages.
Climate and Ice.
Land of the Great Cold.
End of the Ice Age.
Ice Age Forests.
Life Near the Ice.
The Spruce Forest.
Western Forests.
Southern Forests.
Finding the Lost Prairies.
Creatures of the Ice Age.
The Birth of Modern Forests.
Trees Begin to Move.
Pioneer and Settler Trees.
Spruce Migration.
Trees Abandon the Great Plains.
Trees Advance in the Midwest and East.
Trees Advance in the West.
The Great Drought.
The Next Ice Age.
Ancient People in a New World.
First Footprint.
Passage South.
Setting the West.
The Way East.
Trail to Florida.
Journey to Another Continent.
Taming a Wilderness.
Mammoth Hunters.
Ice Age Extinctions.
The Holocene.
Bison Hunters.
Hunter-Gatherers.
Decline and Return of the Bison.
Settlement and the Seasonal Round.
Harvesting the Forest.
Nourishment and Healing.
Temporary and Portable Shelter.
Plank Houses and Canoes.
Enhancing Nature's Bounty.
Wild Gardens.
Agriculture and Forests in the Southwest.
The Hohokam.
The Anasazis.
Agriculture and Forests in the East.
Early Mound Builders.
The Adena.
The Hopewell.
The Mississippians.
Warfare and Forests.
Historical Times.
Fire Masters.
A World of Fire.
Hissing, Roaring Flames.
Fire People.
Country Very Smoky.
Their Fires are Left Burning.
The Ominous Smoke Signal.
Firing the Forests of Their Enemies.
Fire Hunters.
Circles of Fire.
Their Wings are Scorched.
That Necessity May Drive Them.
Green and Fair Pasturage.
To Render Hunting Easier.
Just Set Your Teepee Up There.
They Knew Where to Burn.
Little Hair (Pelillo).
To Dry and Cook.
Straight and Slender.
Burned Places in the Forest (Go-ley-day).
Keeping the Country Open.
A Pleasant Meadow.
Prairies and Open Grounds along the Coast.
Little Knots of Deer.
To Prepare the Ground.
They Cleared the Way with Fire.
Because the Woods Were Not Burnt.
PART TWO: FORESTS AT DISCOVERY.
Timeless Qualities of Ancient Forests.
Patches.
Succession.
Shifting Mosaics.
Mutual Dependence.
The Spanish Explorer's Forests.
Southern Pine Forests.
Pi?on-Juniper and Juniper Woodlands.
Pacific Oak Woodlands.
Valley Woodlands.
Foothill Woodlands.
Coastal Woodlands.
Northern Woodlands.
Coast Redwood Forest.
Forests of the Colonies.
Oak-Chestnut Forest.
Eastern White Pine Forest.
Beech-Maple Forest.
Red Spruce--Fir and Balsam Fir Forests.
Southern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
Northern Red Spruce--Fir Forest.
High Mountain Balsam Fir Forest.
Forests of the Fathers.
White Spruce Forest.
Great Lakes Pine Forests.
Jack Pine Forest.
Red and White Pine Forests.
Oak-Hickory Forest.
Oak Savannas.
Bottomland and Protected Forests.
Oak Woodlands.
The Trapper's Forests.
Ponderosa Pine Forest.
Lodgepole Pine Forest.
Pacific Douglas-Fir Forest.
Giant Sequoia Forest.
Notes and Citations.
Bibliography.
Index.
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