Balsam Fir was first published in 1965. Minnesota Archive Editions
uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again
accessible, and are published unaltered from the original
University of Minnesota Press editions. Professors Bakuzis and
Hansen, with the assistance of a number of co-authors of individual
chapters, present an exhaustive survey of the literature on the
balsam fir, providing a coherent picture of the species and its
place in nature and forestry practice. The balsam fir is used
extensively in the pulp and paper industry, and it is known to
millions as a traditional Christmas tree. In North America it is a
major tree species in Canada, in the northeastern United States,
and in the Great Lakes region. In the search of the literature,
over 2000 sources were consulted and considerably more than half of
them are cited in the book. The references, organized in an
ecological framework, cover the period from the seventeenth century
to the present. The authors have reviewed and integrated these data
in a unified, but multipurposed, book. In the integration of the
source material the authors also made contributions of their own.
The book contains the following chapters: Botanical Foundations,
Geography and Synecology, Ecological Factors, Microbiology,
Entomology, Reproduction, Stand Development, Growth and Yield, and
Utilization. Appendixes list fungi and myxomycetes and insects
associated with balsam fir. There are 30 illustrations, including a
frontispiece drawing by the noted nature artist Francis Lee Jaques.
The book will appeal to a wide range of readers specifically
concerned with forestry, including research workers, educators,
entomologists, pathologists, and managing foresters, as well as
conservationists and wildlife biologist in general.
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