Research Catalog

Title

Exploring Southern Appalachian forests : an ecological guide to 30 great hikes in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia / Stephanie B. Jeffries and Thomas R. Wentworth.

Author

Jeffries, Stephanie B.

Publication

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

Wentworth, Thomas R., 1948-

Description

xvii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

This unique hiking guide to the southern Appalachian Mountains leads readers to explore the rich forest ecosystems and other natural communities' visitors encounter along the trail. Drawing on years of experience guiding forest walks throughout the region, Steph Jeffries and Tom Wentworth invite hikers and nature lovers to see their surroundings in new ways. Readers will learn to decipher clues from the tree canopies, forest floor, and other natural features to appreciate more fully the environmental factors that make the southern Appalachians home to an amazing biodiversity.

Series Statement

Southern gateways guide

Uniform Title

Southern gateways guide.

Subjects

• Ecology
• Natural history
• Trails
• Hiking
• Guidebooks
• Southern Appalachian Region
• Appalachian Region, Southern > Guidebooks
• Ecology > Appalachian Region, Southern > Guidebooks
• Natural history > Appalachian Region, Southern > Guidebooks
• Trails > Appalachian Region, Southern > Guidebooks
• Hiking > Appalachian Region, Southern > Guidebooks

Genre/Form

• Guidebooks
• Guidebooks.

Note

• "A Southern Gateways Guide."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781469619798 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1469619792 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781469618203 (pbk : alk. paper)
• 1469618206 (pbk : alk. paper)
• 9781469618210 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014007166

OCLC

• 876012077
• SCSB-12649589

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library