Keywords:
Ecological succession -- Wisconsin.
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Biodiversity -- Wisconsin.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
No detailed description available for "The Vanishing Present".
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (530 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780226871745
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=448517
DDC:
577.1809775
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- List of Plates -- 1 Assembling the Puzzle - Donald M. Waller and Thomas P. Rooney -- Part One: Perspectives -- Introduction -- 2 The View from Man Mound - Curt Meine -- 3 The Challenge of Unveiling the Invisible Present - John J. Magnuson -- 4 Thinking Like a Flower: Phenology and Climate Change at the Leopold Shack - Sarah D. Wright and Nina Leopold Bradley -- Part Two: Changing Plant Communities -- Introduction -- 5 Broad-Scale Change in the Northern Forests: From Past to Present - David J. Mladenoff, Lisa A. Schulte, and Janine Bolliger -- 6 Plant Species Diversity in the Once and Future Northwoods - Thomas P. Rooney and Donald M. Waller -- 7 From the Prairie-Forest Mosaic to the Forest: Dynamics of Southern Wisconsin Woodlands - David Rogers, Thomas P. Rooney, and Rich Henderson -- 8 Savanna and Prairie: Requiem for the Past, Hope for the Future - Mark K. Leach -- 9 Plant Communities of Great Lakes Islands - Emmet J. Judziewicz -- 10 Patterns in Wisconsin Lichen Diversity - James P. Bennett -- 11 How Have Wisconsin's Lichen Communities Changed? - Susan Will-Wolf and Matthew P. Nelsen -- Part Three: Changing Waters and the Land-Water Interface -- Introduction -- 12 Great Lakes Ecosystems: Invasions, Food Web Dynamics, and the Challenge of Ecological Restoration - James F. Kitchell and Greg G. Sass -- 13 Documenting and Halting Declines of Nongame Fishes in Southern Wisconsin - David W. Marshall and John Lyons -- 14 Change in Wisconsin's Coastal Wetlands - Jim Meeker and Gary Fewless -- 15 Southern Wisconsin's Herbaceous Wetlands: Their Recent History and Precarious Future - Joy B. Zedler and Kenneth W. Potter -- 16 Shifting Plants in Wisconsin Lakes - Stanley A. Nichols.
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17 Changes in the Wisconsin River and Its Floodplain - Monica G. Turner, Emily H. Stanley, Matthias Bürgi, and David J. Mladenoff -- Part Four: Changing Animal Communities -- Introduction -- 18 Changes in Mammalian Carnivore Populations - Adrian P. Wydeven and Charles M. Pils -- 19 Deer as Both a Cause and Reflection of Ecological Change - Scott Craven and Timothy Van Deelen -- 20 Changes in Amphibian and Reptile Communities - Gary S. Casper -- 21 Two Centuries of Changes in Grassland Bird Populations and Their Habitats in Wisconsin - David W. Sample and Michael J. Mossman -- 22 Wisconsin's Changing Bird Communities - Stanley A. Temple and John R. Cary -- 23 Changes in the Butterfly and Moth Fauna - Les Ferge -- Part Five: Nature Meets Us: The Social and Political Context -- Introduction -- 24 Public Lands and Waters and Changes in Conservation - Mike Dombeck -- 25 Urbanization and Ecological Change in Milwaukee County - Lawrence A. Leitner, John H. Idzikowski, and Gary S. Casper -- 26 Ecological Footprints of Urbanization and Sprawl: Toward a City Ethic - Dave Cieslewicz -- 27 Influences of Policy, Planning, and Management on Ecological Change - Stephen M. Born -- Part Six: Trajectories -- Introduction -- 28 Seeking Adaptive Change in Wisconsin's Ecosystems - Stephen R. Carpenter -- 29 Forecasting Species Invasions in Wisconsin Lakes and Streams - M. Jake Vander Zanden and Jeff T. Maxted -- 30 Nonnative Terrestrial Species Invasions - S. Kelly Kearns -- 31 The Potential Futures of Wisconsin's Forested Landscapes - Robert M. Scheller and David J. Mladenoff -- Conclusion -- 32 The Big Picture - Donald M. Waller -- Glossary -- List of Scientific Names -- Index.
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