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INTRODUCTION
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ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE AUTHOR
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CONTENT OF THE BOOK
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CONCLUSION
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MY OPINION
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INTRODUCTION
Reading and Reflection is a process to
enhance the proficiency of reading, writing, thinking and communicating in the
language of instruction. It also helps to develop the meta-cognitive skills and
enhance the capacities as readers and writers by becoming participants in the
process of reading and writing.
As a part of the two year B. Ed
curriculum, teacher trainees are intended to conduct a reading and reflection
of any one text of their choice and interest. Reading helps to develop
aesthetic, cultural, vocational and professional ethics and values. With this objective in mind student teachers read,
reflect and review upon the text book they read.
Jon R. Luoma, a contributing editor at
Audubon, has written about environmental and science topics for The New York Times, and for such
magazines as National Geographic and Discover. His third book,
“The Hidden Forest; Biography of an Ecosystem”, has been released in a new
edition by Oregon State University Press.
ABOUT
THE BOOK AND THE AUTHOR
“The
Hidden Forest – The Biography of en Ecosystem” by John R. Luoma the editor at
Audubon, has written about environmental and science topic for the New York
Times and for such magazines as national geographic and discovery. His third book “The Hidden Forest – The
Biography of en Ecosystem” has been
released in a new edition by Oregon State University Press.
This book tells the story of how old
growth forest were redeemed in the view of foresters as an ecologically
significant ecosystem through the studious effort and discoveries of many
biologists.
This book, however, can only be
realistically recommended to people who are comfortable with their distinction
between their myararhizae and algae as the book is bagged down with so
ecological terminology.
CONTENT OF THE BOOK
“The Hidden Forest – The Biography of
en Ecosystem” written by Jon R. Luoma, a detailed introduction to forest
ecology. With an Oregon treescape as
case study. Luoma is a born explainer
and popularizer of scientific concept using Andrews forest of control Oregon as
his setting. He distills the great mass
of research that has been done there more than 1,200 published research
reports, circle and books to date and literally hundreds of others now in the
works to reveal just how old-growth wood land work.
Along the way, he give his readers a
short course in such complex issues as forest succession and the virtues of
biodiversity, where by trees and plants of differing ages and species a host ,
a variety of form of life from microbial fungi to mega fauna. He instructs readers in the politics of
forestry as well, a touchy subject if you happen to live in a big timber
country, he writes the foresters have
long used the model of trees as crops that can be planted and harvested
regularly the Andrews forest. He
demonstrates it as a model for healthy and sustainable ecosystem and scientific
knowledge that has come from studying it has in fact been put to use in
modifying the federal governments management of public wood lands. A fine contribution to the environmental
literature.
He focuses on the teams that have
worked at the Andrews Experimental forest in origin fascinating information on
how nutrients are extracted and cycle though the plants, fungi, animals of old
grow the forest. How forest respond to
cataclysms such as clear volcanic eruptions and floods.
This book tells the story of how old
growth forests were redeemed in the view of foresters as an ecologically
significant ecosystem through the studious effort and discoveries of many
biologist. This book however can only be
realistically recommended to people who are comfortable with their distinction
between their mycorrhizae and algae as the book is bagged down with so
ecological terminology.
Louma take readers in to hidden forest
where research have discovered a host of species previously unknown to science
and interactions in the forest ecosystem that no one previously imagined.
Luoma provide a short course in such
complex issue as forest succession, biodiversity and politics forestry.
CONCLUSION
Forest and products they provide are
universally required for the contribution of man society as we know it. Luoma instructs readers in the politics
forestry as well, a touchy subject if you happen live in big timber country.
The Andrews forest, he demonstrates is
a model of a healthy and sustainable ecosystem and the scientific knowledge
that has from studying. It has infact
been put to use in modifying the federal governments management of public wood
land – formerly the scene of Wanton devastation and now the scene in many key
areas of a restored wildness.
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