CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. THE FOREST AND ITS WILDLIFE -- Forests as a Resource -- The Eastern Deciduous Forest -- Ownership Patterns and Trends in Today's Forest -- Wildlife in Today's Forest -- Wildlife Management-Populations, Habitats, and People -- 2. EARLY HISTORY OF THE FOREST -- Origin of Modern Tree Species -- Ice-Age Effects on the Eastern Deciduous Forest -- Pre-European Forests in the Eastern United States -- Forest Resource Use by Early European Settlers -- Wildlife in the Original Forest -- 3. ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES -- Ecology-The Study of Interrelationships -- Abiotic Factors in the Eastern Deciduous Forest -- Solar Radiation -- Ambient Temperature -- Soil Texture and Layers -- Soil Nutrients -- Soil-Water Relationships -- Biotic Factors in the Eastern Deciduous Forest -- Competition -- Predation -- 4. FOREST PLANT AND ANIMAL INTERACTIONS -- Plant Pollination -- Seed Dispersal -- Insects and Fungi as Forest Pests -- Gypsy Moths-An Exotic Pest -- Other Exotic Pests -- Native Insect Pests -- Large Mammals as Forest Pests -- White-Tailed Deer -- Other Large Mammals -- Human-Wildlife Diseases -- Lyme Disease -- Rabies -- Hantavirus -- 5. FOREST SUCCESSION AND MANAGEMENT -- Forest Succession -- Plant Succession -- Animal Succession -- Fire and Succession -- Prevalence of Fires -- Effects of Fires on Plants -- Effects of Fires on Animals -- Indirect Effects of Fires -- Forest-Fire Policies -- Timber Harvesting and Succession -- Forest-Management Practices -- Selective-Cutting Method: Single-Tree and Group-Tree Selection -- Clear-Cutting Method -- Shelterwood Method -- Seed-Tree Method -- Some Alternative Methods to Traditional Even-Aged Management -- Thinning -- Some Forest-Management Policies and Controversies -- 6. FOREST FRAGMENTATION -- History of Forest Fragmentation -- Forest Fragmentation and Wildlife Extinctions.

Fragmentation and Forest Wildlife -- Fragmentation and Long-Term Trends in Bird Populations -- Effects of Forest Size on Select Species -- Effects of Forest Isolation on Select Species -- Forest Fragmentation and Fish Habitat -- Forest Fragmentation and Changes in Microclimate -- Radiation Fluxes and Fragmentation -- Wind and Fragmentation -- Water Flux and Fragmentation -- Forest Fragmentation-How Big Is Enough? -- 7. CORRIDORS AND EDGES IN RELATION TO FRAGMENTED FORESTS -- Corridors and Forest Fragmentation -- Edges and Forest Fragmentation -- History of the Edge Concept -- Wildlife Species Benefited by Edge and Fragmentation -- Some Representative Mammals Benefited by Edge and Fragmentation -- Some Representative Birds Benefited by Edge and Fragmentation -- Wildlife Species Negatively Affected by Edge and Fragmentation -- Edges-A Wildlife Management Dilemma -- Nest Predation on Forest Songbirds -- Nest Parasitism by Cowbirds on Forest Songbirds -- Program Developments for the Conservation of Migratory Birds -- 8. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION -- What Is Biodiversity? -- Maintenance of Biodiversity Is a Concern -- Biodiversity and Endangered Species Legislation -- How Much Diversity Is Enough? -- Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Ecosystem Management -- Conservation of Biodiversity and Forest Management -- Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management -- 9. ATOMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- The Earth's Atmosphere: Weather and Climate -- Factors Affecting Climate -- Seasons and Earth-Sun Relationships -- Greenhouse Gases and the Greenhouse Effect -- Global Climatic Change -- Recent Trends in Climate in the United States -- Predictions in Global Climatic Trends -- Global Circulation and Regional Climate Models -- Predicted Impacts of Global Climatic Change on Biota -- Impacts on Plants -- Impacts on Animals -- Acid Deposition.

Extent of the Acid Deposition Problem -- Impacts on Plants and Soils -- Impacts on Animals -- Other Environmental Contaminants -- Ozone -- Effects of High Ozone Levels in the Troposphere -- Effects of Low Ozone Levels in the Stratosphere -- 10. FORESTS OF THE FUTURE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management -- Forest Fragmentation -- Education -- Recreation -- Regional and Global Influences -- Concluding Remarks -- APPENDIX A. SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT -- APPENDIX B. GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE TEXT -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.