Whispers in the Pines

A Naturalist in the Northeast

by Joanna Burger

Published by: Rutgers University Press

Subjects:Environment and Ecology, New Jersey and the Region

352 Pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, 91 b&w illus

Paperback
9780813537948
Published: March 20, 2006

$24.95 T

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Related Topics:NATURE / General

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In this book, naturalist Joanna Burger takes us on a series of delightful trips through the Pine Barrens. From the Albany Pine Bush, the Long Island Barrens, and the New Jersey Pine Barrens in the Northeast, to the pinelands of South Carolina and Florida, Burger describes in lively detail how these habitats have come to harbor such a unique assemblage of species.

She introduces us to amphibians and reptiles, neotropical migrants and other birds, and a range of common and unusual mammals. Burger also traces the regions’ historic and geologic backgrounds, and the impact of human occupation from the time of the paleo-Indians to the present. She revisits the tension between development and preservation, reminding us that a healthy pine barren region requires uninterrupted land and rejuvenating fires, both of which are increasingly jeopardized.

Whispers in the Pines is essential reading for everyone concerned with the history and preservation of these unique landscapes and their wildlife.

Joanna Burger is Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University. Her seventeen books include A Naturalist along the Jersey Shore, 25 Nature Spectacles in New Jersey, and The Parrot Who Owns Me.

"Here's a special book about a special place. Joanna Burger may well be an accomplished biologist and naturalist, but as you read these pages you'll discover that the little girl who was wowed by nature, the scientist to be, is very much on the same page."
~Pete Dunne, Director of Natural History Information, New Jersey Audubon Society

"A welcome addition to the literature on those unique ecosystems along our Atlantic seaboard that we refer to as the pine barrens."
~Howard P. Boyd, author of A Pine Barrens Odyssey

"Joanna Burger has artfully integrated her experiences as a naturalist of pineland ecosystems within the context of several sciences, most notably biology. She writes of the science of creatures and plants and sand and water within these important environments. This is a science told in a uniquely personal way through her eyes and those of her family and friends."
~Bernadette Castro, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

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