This book provides a synthesis of the important patterns and processes which occur in boreal forests and reviews the principal mechanisms which control the forests' pattern in space and time.

The Edge of Mosby s Sword is the first scholarly volume to delve into the story of one of John Singleton Mosby s most trusted and respected officers, Colonel William Henry Chapman. Presenting both military and personal perspectives of Chapman s life, Gordon B. Bonan offers an in-depth understanding of a man transformed by the shattering of his nation. This painstakingly researched account exposes a soldier and patriot whose convictions compelled him to battle fiercely for Southern independence; whose quest for greatness soured when faced with the brutal realities of warfare; and who...