Ecoblitz
eBook - ePub

Ecoblitz

An Indiana Forest Expedition

  1. 358 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ecoblitz

An Indiana Forest Expedition

About this book

A short hike through an Indiana forest reveals layers of living things: the overstories and understories of trees, the shadow of a mammal, colorful fungi. But what would it mean to methodically document the communities of plants and animals harboring in Indiana's public forests, at humid midnight or coldest dawn? What is the impact of this wondrous knowledge?

Ecoblitz describes the findings of, and the dogged scientists behind, the Indiana Forest Alliance's multiyear forest wildlife census. Scientists' journeys in pursuit of elusive bats, lavish lichen, and spider species paint a breathtaking picture of Indiana's biodiversity and its value to Indiana's policy, polity, and poetics. This book will amaze readers with a dazzling portrait of local biodiversity, deepen appreciation for Indiana's eastern hardwood forest system, and inspire a desire to advocate for it.

Ecoblitz is a book for lovers of nature, for those who appreciate science but are not scientists themselves, and for those who want to learn something new.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Prologue: Toward a Legible Forest
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I: Forest as Superorganism
  11. Part II: Complex Cooperators
  12. Part III: Forest as Haven
  13. Part IV: Insect Multitudes
  14. Part V: Forest as Spectacle
  15. Afterword: Full Circle
  16. Appendix 1: Complete Species List
  17. Appendix 2: Ecoblitz Participants
  18. Contributors
  19. Main Index
  20. Species Index
  21. Series Book