Savannas, barrens, and rock outcrop plant communities of North America

Abstract

List of contributors Introduction Roger C. Anderson, James S. Fralish, and Jerry M. Baskin Part I. Eastern/Southeastern Region: 1. Ecology and conservation of Florida scrub Eric S. Menges 2. Southeastern pine savannas William J. Platt 3. New Jersey pine plains: the 'true barrens' of the New Jersey pine barrens David J. Gibson, Robert A. Zampella and Andrew G. Windisch 4. Vegetation, flora, and plant physiological ecology of serpentine barrens of eastern North America R. Wayne Tyndall and James C. Hull 5. The mid-Appalachian shale barrens Suzanne H. Braunschweig, Eric T. Nilsen and Thomas F. Weiboldt 6. Eastern granite outcrops Donald J. Shure 7. High-elevation outcrops and barrens of the southern Appalachian mountains Susan K. Wiser and Peter S. White Part II. Central/Midwest Region: 8. Dry soil oak savanna in the Great Lakes region Susan Will-Wolf and Forest Stearns 9. Deep-soil savannas and barrens of the Midwestern United States Roger C. Anderson and Marlin L. Bowles 10. Open woodland communities of southern Illinois, western Kentucky and middle Tennessee James S. Fralish, Scott B. Franklin and David D. Close 11. The big barrens region of Kentucky and Tennessee Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin and Edward W. Chester 12. Cedar glades of southeastern United States Jerry M. Baskin and Carol C. Baskin 13. Savanna, barrens and glade communities of the Ozark Plateaus Province Alice Long Heikens 14. The cross timbers B. W. Hoagland, I. H. Butler, F. L. Johnson and S. Glenn Part III. Western/Southwestern Region: 15. Ponderosa and limber pine woodlands Dennis H. Knight 16. The sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) communities of the Llano Estacado: history, structure, ecology and restoration Shivcharn S. Dhillion and Michelle H. Mills 17. Oak savanna in the American Southwest Mitchel P. McClaran and Guy R. McPherson 18. Juniper-Pinon savannas and woodlands of western North America Neil E. West 19. Serpentine barrens of western North America A. R. Kruckeburg 20. California oak savanna Barbara Allen-Diaz, James W. Bartolome and Mitchell P. McClaran Part IV. Northern Region: 21. Jack pine barrens of the northern Great Lakes region Kurt S. Pregitzer and Sari C. Sanders 22. The cliff ecosystem of the Niagara escarpment D. W. Larson, U. Mattes-Sears and P. E. Kelley 23. Alvars of the Great Lakes region Paul M. Catling and Vivian R. Brownell 24. The flora and ecology of southern Ontario granite barrens Paul M. Catling and Vivian R. Brownell 25. The aspen parkland of Canada O. W. Archibold 26. Subarctic lichen woodlands E. A. Johnson and K. Miyanishi Index of plants Index of animals Topic index.