Forests of Canada

With more than 150 full-color photographs, The Forests of Canada is a magnificent celebration of the more than 1.6 million square miles of forests that occupy Canada's wetlands, plains, mountains and seacoasts, and even urban settings. From coast to coast the country's forests are as varied as the lands they occupy - from scattered conifers in the north to unusual arboreal travellers in the south, and from the imposing giants of Canada's coastal rain forest to the high-altitude survivors on rugged mountain slopes. As informative as it is spectacular, the book describes Canada's forests in broad but comprehensive terms, with chapters devoted to each of the eight general forest types and an additional chapter on urban forests. The book contains a wealth of information and statistics describing forest composition, forest ecology, characteristic wildlife species and Canadian forest management practices. Included as well are dramatic satellite maps in full color showing the location and scale of forest types across the country.Farr, Ken is the author of 'Forests of Canada', published 2004 under ISBN 9780660190044 and ISBN 0660190044.