The Natural Communities of Georgia

The Natural Communities of Georgia presents a comprehensive overview of the state's natural landscapes, providing an ecological context to enhance understanding of this region's natural history.Georgia boasts an impressive range of natural communities, assemblages of interacting species that have either been minimally impacted by modern human activities or have successfully recovered from them. This guide makes the case that identifying these distinctive communities and the factors that determine their distribution are central to understanding Georgia's ecological diversity and the steps necessary for its conservation.Within Georgia's five major ecoregions the editors identify and describe a total of sixty-six natural communities, such as the expansive salt marshes of the barrier islands in the Maritime ecoregion, the fire-driven longleaf pine woodlands of the Coastal Plain, the beautiful granite outcrops of the Piedmont, the rare prairies of the Ridge and Valley, and the diverse coves of the Blue Ridge.

ISBN:	9780820330211
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Imprint:	The University of Georgia Press
Published date:	28 Feb 2013
DEWEY:	508.758
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	675
Weight:	2857g
Height:	279mm
Width:	216mm
Spine width:	45mm

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