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Geoecology is a fruitful interdisciplinary field, relating rocks to soils to plant and animal communities and studying the interactions between them. Modern geoecology especially concentrates on showing how geology and soils affect the structure, composition, and distribution of plant communities in a certain research area. This book applies the principles of geoecology to Western North America, and to a specific kind of rock, the fascinating serpentine belts thatrun along the continental margins of the West Coast from Alaska to Baja. The authors come from different disciplines: Alexander is a soil scientist, Coleman a geologist, Harrison a biologicalresearcher, and Keeler-Wolfe a vegetation ecologist. It begins with an overview of the geology of this rock and this region, covering mineralogy, petrology, and stratigraphy of West Coast serpentine. It will continue with serpentine soils and their development and distribution, and serpentine effects on plants and vegetation and animals. The serpentine geoecology of the different regions of Western North America, concentrating on California, will conclude the study. So,this academic book should appeal to plant ecologists, soil scientists, researchers in geoecology, and students in advanced courses in soil science.
Contents
I2: Nature of Ultramafics3: Mineralogy and Petrology of Serpentine4: Water in Serpentine GeoecosystemsReferencesII. Soils and Life in Them5: Soils and Soil Development6: Serpentine Soils and their Distributions7: Living Organisms: Particularly Animals, Fungi, and Microorganisms8: Serpentine Soils as Media for Plant GrowthReferencesIII. Plant Life on Serpentine9: Plant Responses to Serpentine Soils10: Serpentine Vegetation and Floristics11: Serpentine Plant Life of Western North America12: Serpentine Vegetation Alliances in Western North AmericaReferencesIV. Serpentine Domains of Western North America13: Baja California14: Sierra Motherlode15: Southern California Coast Ranges16: Northern California Coast Ranges17: Klamath Mountains18: Blue Mountains, Oregon19: Northern Cascade-Fraser River20: Gulf of Alaska21: Denali-Yukon22ReferencesV. Social Issues and Epilogue23: Serpentine Land Use and Health Concerns24: Synthesis and Future DirectionsReferencesGlossaryAppendixA. Nature of Minerals in Serpentine Rocks and SoilsB. Characteristics of Chemical Elements-Ionic Properties and ToxicitiesC. Soil ClassificationD. Kingdoms of LifeE. Water Balance by the Thornthwaite MethodF. Protected Natural AreasG. Endemic Plants in California
