Sunday, December 6, 2009

A Guidebook to Ontario's old-growth

Ontario's old-growth forests: a guidebook complete with history,ecology, and maps (published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside) is now available in bookstores.

The book includes:
* Overviews of forest history and ecology
* An atlas of 59 old-growth sites throughout the province
* Box essays written by experts
* Over 180 colour photos and 55 colour maps

more details available at www.oldgrowth.ca


front and back covers









The Timmins Honour Roll of Trees is here

1 comment:

  1. Looks Like a great book!

    You should also check out:
    http://bookmanager.com/7600798/?opt=kw&q=h.ts&tsf=y&so=oh&qs=A+Sound+like+Water+dripping

    A Sound Like Water Dripping:
    In Search of the Boreal Owl
    Soren Bondrup-Nielsen
    Publisher: Gaspereau Press Ltd.

    Book Description


    With enthusiasm and sincerity biologist Soren Bondrup-Nielsen recalls his experience as a graduate student in the 1970s researching the Boreal Owl in northern Ontario and Alberta. After receiving his B.Sc. in the spring of 1974, Bondrup-Nielsen travels by train to Kapuskasing to begin his study of this tiny, elusive species, cousin to the Tengmalm’s Owl of Scandinavia. Though initially dissuaded by his supervisor, the author sets about recording the owl’s call and locating individual territories. On cross-country skis, pulling a toboggan of supplies, Bondrup-Nielsen begins his first field season with reason for optimism, recording two distinct calls and being struck in the head by a male Boreal within his first week.

    After repairing to the nearby logging camp (Camp 86) where the food is plentiful and the beds much warmer than his tent, Bondrup-Nielsen continues his research to the great amusement of the cutting crew and camp staff. Taking the first photos of the owls, learning to differentiate between male and female calls, and observing mating behaviour, he finishes the season having located ten males on territories. In subsequent field seasons, Bondrup-Nielsen completes his graduate research. The book details his experimental tracking and recording methods, including telemetry, homemade traps, and a recording device fashioned out of an alarm clock, some tinfoil and a sewing needle.
    Published: May 1, 2009
    ISBN: 9781554470747

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