Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem

by Richard T. Holmes, Gene E. Likens

For more than 50 years, the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire has been one of the most intensely studied landscapes on earth. This book highlights many of the important ecological findings amassed during the long-term research conducted there, and considers their regional, national, and global implications.
 
Richard T. Holmes and Gene E. Likens, active members of the research team at Hubbard Brook since its beginnings, explain the scientific processes employed in the forest-turned-laboratory. They describe such important findings as the discovery of acid rain, ecological effects of forest management practices, and the causes of population change in forest birds, as well as how disturbance events, pests and pathogens, and a changing climate affect forest and associated aquatic ecosystems. The authors show how such long-term, place-based ecological studies are relevant for informing many national, regional, and local environmental issues, such as air pollution, water quality, ecosystem management, and conservation.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published May 24, 2016

About the author

Richard T. Holmes is Research Professor of Biology at Dartmouth College, where he is also Harris Professor of Environmental Biology Emeritus. He lives in Grantham, NH.

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1964
B.S., Humboldt State University, 1959

Research Interests and Activities: Avian population and behavioral ecology; role of animals in ecosystem processes; forest ecology

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains a very comprehensive and clear over view of some of the research that has been conducted at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Plus a nice cover photo ☺