Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape

Publisher Marketing: An ecological survey, bringing together the work of 41 specialists. They describe the people, geology and soils, climate, water and aquatic ecosystems, vegetation patterns, plants and animals, and animal communities of the Pine Barrens, a 2000 square mile forested landscape in New Jersey.

Contributor Bio:  Forman, Richard T T Richard T. T. Forman is the PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology at Harvard University, where he teaches ecological courses in the Graduate School of Design and in Harvard College. His research and writing include landscape ecology, road ecology, urban ecology, land-use planning and conservation, the netway system, and linking science with spatial pattern to mesh nature and people on the land. His previous title, Urban Regions: Ecology and Planning Beyond the City, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2008.