Coastally Restricted Forests

by Aimlee D. Laderman (Editor)

Overview

A few conifers are found in nature only in narrow, discontinuous bands bordering continental margins. Despite their maritime location, these trees cannot thrive in saline waters and soils. What enables them to grow in challenging habitats? Why don't these species naturalize inland? What characteristics allow them to succeed only near salt water?
A strange combination of qualities is seen: the trees are catastrophe-dependent, stress-tolerant, with broad niche potential, but are poor competitors in "easy" sites. They all possess moisture-conserving features usually associated with arid lands, although they grow in regions of high humidity and frequent fogs.
This volume is the first to assemble and compare information on widely dispersed coastal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Authorities on each system explore the properties of these unusual trees and their habitats, and formulate guidelines for their appropriate management and protection. The thirty-six contributing authors include natural resource managers and regulators, ecologists, lumbermen, geneticists, botanists, and paleontologists. The book draws from work on three continents, eight countries, and twenty-three states of the Unites States. One half of the volume is devoted to the seven highly prized, commercially valuable Chamaecyparis species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195075670
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/18/1997
Series:	Biological Resource Management
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	9.55(w) x 6.54(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

Aimlee D. Laderman, Lecturer and Research Affiliate at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, is Director of the Swamp Research Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

1. Freshwater forests of continental margins: overview and synthesis, Aimlee D. LadermanPART I: Chamaecyparis (False-cypress) Studies2. Chamaecyparis forests: a comparative analysis, Donald B. ZobelPACIFIC RIM3. Reproduction and forest decline of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (yellow cedar) in southeast Alaska, USA, Paul E. Hennon, Charles G. Shaw III, and Everett M. Hansen4. Problems and research needs for Chamaecyparis nootkanensis forest management in coastal British Columbia, Canada, Glen B. Dunsworth5. Genecology of Chamaecyparis nootkanensis, John H. Russell6. Managing Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port Orford cedar) to control the root disease caused by Phytophthora lateralis in the Pacific Northwest, USA, Mel Greenup7. Regeneration ecology of Chamaecyparis obtusa and C. pisifera (Hinoki and Sawara cypress), Japan, Shin-Ichi YamamatoATLANTIC COAST, NORTH AMERICA8. Chamaecyparis thyoides in the United States: extent and characterization using broad-scale inventory data, Raymond M. Sheffield, Thomas W. Birch, William H. McWilliams, and John B. Tansey9. Reconstruction of the Mashantucket Pequot cedar swamp paleoenvironment using plant macrofossils, New England, USA, Lucinda McWeeney10. Plant community structure in Chamaecyparis thyoides swamps in the New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve, USA, Dwight L. Stoltzfus and Ralph E. Good11. Atlantic white cedar in North Carolina, USA: a brief history and current regeneration efforts, Ronald W. Phillips, Joseph H. Hughes, Marilyn A. Buford, William E. Gardner, Fred M. White, and Clair G. Williams12. Population genetic analysis of Chamaecyparis thyoides in New Hampshire and Maine, USA, Robert T. EckertPART II: Systems with Diverse Dominants, Forests Not Dominated by Chamaecyparis species13. Characteristics of the soil and water table in an Alnus japonica (Japanese alder)14. Pinus pumila (Siberian dwarf pine) on the Kamchatka Peninsula, northeast Asia: ecology of seed production, Peter A. Khomentovsky15. The Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) forest of the Pacific coast, USA, Robert Ornduff16. Distribution and ecology of low freshwater coastal forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Ingrid Olmstead and Rafael Durán García17. Taxodium-Nyssa (cypress-tupelo) forest along the coast of southern United States, William H. McWilliams, John B. Tansey, Thomas R. Birch, and Mark H. Hansen18. Impact of hurricanes on forests of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, USA, William H. Conner19 The effect of sea level rise on coastal wetland forests: the Mississippi Delta, USA, as a model, William H. Conner and John W. Day, Jr.20. Root aeration in wetland trees and its ecophysiological significance, Wolfgang Grosse, Hans B. Büchel, and Sibylle LattermanPART III: Management and Research21. Coastal forest management and research, Aimlee D. Laderman and Rachel L. Donnette

Editorial Reviews

"As students and managers of marine habitats attempt to resolve the various interactions between coastal and shelf wetlands, it is obvious that the coastal forests will have to be given ever greater consideration if in fact these important ecological entities are to survive. Dr. Laderman's volume will be extremely important in assessments and understanding how man has already affected the forests and coastal zone, and how our future efforts can save them as refuges and perhaps, to a degree, as economic entities. . . .I recommend the volume to anyone interested in coastal interactions." —Marine Pollution Bulletin

"It has now been many years since I've taken other than a consultant's approach to the subject and the Coastal Forest book brought back how intellectually exciting the why and how forests grow where they do, can be."—Al Garlo, Senior Scientist, Normandeau Associates, Inc.

"Those interested in the ecology and biology of such forest ecosystems and their dominant species may find this book interesting and helpful."—Choice

"This volume treats the ecology, utilization, and management of freshwater forests within 250 km of the sea coast in the temperate and boreal Northern Hemisphere. . . . The book was derived, in part, from two symposia held in 1990 and 1991; however the 21 articles by 40 authors have recent literature references and are not outdated by publication in 1997. . . . Most chapters of the book are addressed primarily to forest and preserve managers. However, the several chapters that deal with plant biology and descriptive ecology are also of value as reviews of the state of our knowledge . . . and of interest to taxonomists and ecologists and are worthy of use as first readings for the professional and supplemental readings for students in plant ecology and plant geography courses. A few chapters could even serve as orientation material to be read before one visits some of the interesting forests for class trips, plant collecting, or tourism."—Brittonia

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