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Ecological zones in the southern Appalachians : first approximation

Content Provider	HathiTrust Digital Library
Author	Simon, Steven A
Editor	Steve A. Simon
Organization	United States. Forest Service. Southern Research Station.
Description	"Forest environments of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and their characteristic plant communities are among the most varied in the Eastern United States. Considerable data are available on the distribution of plant communities relative to temperature and moisture regimes, but not much information on fertility as an environmental influence has been published; nor has anyone presented a map of the major, broad-scale ecosystems of the region, which could be used for planning and management of biological resources on forestlands. Our objectives were to identify predominant ecological units, develop a grouping of geologic formations related to site fertility, and model and map ecological zones of the Southern Appalachians. We synthesized 11 ecological units from an earlier analysis and classification of vegetation, which used an extensive database of over 2,000 permanent, 0.10-ha, intensively sampled plots. Eight lithologic groups were identified by rock mineral composition that upo
Volume Number	41
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	North Carolina Asheville
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	Items in this record are available as Public Domain, Google-digitized. View the access and use profile at http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google. Please see individual items for rights and use statements
Subject Keyword	Appalachian Region, Southern Ecological zones
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Book

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