Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Illustrations xii
5. Plates xiv
6. 1. Assembling the Puzzle 1
7. Part One: Perspectives
8. Introduction 15
9. 2. The View from Man Mound 17
10. 3. The Challenge of Unveiling the Invisible Present 31
11. 4. Thinking Like a Flower: Phenology and Climate Change at the Leopold Shack 41
12. Part Two: Changing Plant Communities
13. Introduction 57
14. 5. Broad-Scale Change in the Northern Forests: From Past to Present 61
15. 6. Plant Species Diversity in the Once and Future Northwoods 75
16. 7. From the Prairie-Forest Mosaic to the Forest: Dynamics of Southern Wisconsin Woodlands 91
17. 8. Savanna and Prairie: Requiem for the Past, Hope for the Future 103
18. 9. Plant Communities of Great Lakes Islands 115
19. 10. Patterns in Wisconsin Lichen Diversity 127
20. 11. How Have Wisconsin’s Lichen Communities 135
21. Part Three: Changing Waters and the Land-Water Interface
22. Introduction 153
23. 12. Great Lakes Ecosystems: Invasions, Food Web Dynamics, and the Challenge of Ecological Restoration 157
24. 13. Documenting and Halting Declines of Nongame Fishes in Southern Wisconsin 171
25. 14. Change in Wisconsin’s Coastal Wetlands 183
26. 15. Southern Wisconsin’s Herbaceous Wetlands: Their Recent History and Precarious Future 193
27. 16. Shifting Plants in Wisconsin Lakes 211
28. 17. Changes in the Wisconsin River and Its Floodplain 229
29. Part Four: Changing Animal Communities
30. Introduction 253
31. 18. Changes in Mammalian Carnivore Populations 257
32. 19. Deer as Both a Cause and Reflection of Ecological Change 273
33. 20. Changes in Amphibian and Reptile Communities 287
34. 21. Two Centuries of Changes in Grassland Bird Populations and Their Habitats in Wisconsin 301
35. 22. Wisconsin’s Changing Bird Communities 331
36. 23. Changes in the Butterfly and Moth Fauna 339
37. Part Five: Nature Meets Us: The Social and Political Context
38. Introduction 353
39. 24. Public Lands and Waters and Changes in Conservation 357
40. 25. Urbanization and Ecological Change in Milwaukee County 363
41. 26. Ecological Footprints of Urbanization and Sprawl: Toward a City Ethic 381
42. 27. Influences of Policy, Planning, and Management on Ecological Change 391
43. Part Six: Trajectories
44. Introduction 405
45. 28. Seeking Adaptive Change in Wisconsin’s Ecosystems 407
46. 29. Forecasting Species Invasions in Wisconsin Lakes and Streams 423
47. 30. Nonnative Terrestrial Species Invasions 439
48. 31. The Potential Futures of Wisconsin’s Forested Landscapes 453
49. Conclusion
50. 32. The Big Picture 465
51. Glossary 477
52. Scientific Names 479
53. Index 495