The vanishing present Wisconsin's changing lands, waters, and wildlife (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Assembling the puzzle / Donald M. Waller and Thomas P. Rooney -- pt. 1. Perspectives -- 2. The view from Man Mound / Curt Meine -- 3. The challenge of unveiling the invisible present / John J. Magnuson -- 4. Thinking like a flower : phenology and climate change at the Leopold shack / Sarah D. Wright and Nina Leopold Bradley -- pt. 2. Changing plant communities -- 5. Broad-scale change in the northern forests : from past to present / David J. Mladenoff, Lisa A. Schulte, and Janine Bolliger -- 6. Plant species diversity in the once and future northwoods / Thomas P. Rooney and Donald M. Waller -- 7. From the prairie-forest mosaic to the forest : dynamics of southern Wisconsin woodlands / David Rogers, Thomas P. Rooney, and Rich Henderson -- 8. Savanna and prairie : requiem for the past, hope for the future / Mark K. Leach -- 9. Plant communities of Great Lakes islands / Emmet J. Judziewicz -- 10. Patterns in Wisconsin lichen diversity / James P. Bennett --
- 11. How have Wisconsin's lichen communities change? / Susan Will-Wolf and Matthew P. Nelsen -- pt. 3. Changing waters and the land-water interface -- 12. Great Lakes ecosystems : invasions, food web dynamics, and the challenge of ecological restoration / James F. Kitchell and Greg G. Sass -- 13. Documenting and halting declines of nongame fishes in southern Wisconsin / David W. Marshall and John Lyons -- 14. Change in Wisconsin's coastal wetlands / Jim Meeker and Gary Fewless -- 15. Southern Wisconsin's herbaceous wetlands : their recent history and precarious future / Joy B. Zedler and Kenneth W. Potter -- 16. Shifting plants in Wisconsin lakes / Stanley A. Nichols -- 17. Changes in the Wisconsin River and its floodplain / Monica G. Turner [and others] -- pt. 4. Changing animal communities -- 18. Changes in mammalian carnivore populations / Adrian P. Wydeven and Charles M. Pils -- 19. Deer as both a cause and reflection of ecological change / Scott Craven and Timothy Van Deelen --
- 20. Changes in amphibian and reptile communities / Gary S. Casper -- 21. Two centuries of changes in grassland bird populations and their habitats in Wisconsin / David W. Sample and Michael J. Mossman -- 22. Wisconsin's changing bird communities / Stanley A. Temple and John R. Cary -- 23. Changes in the butterfly and moth fauna / Les Ferge -- pt. 5. Nature meets us : the social and political context -- 24. Public lands and waters and changes in conservation / Mike Dombeck -- 25. Urbanization and ecological change in Milwaukee County / Lawrence A. Leitner, John H. Idzikowski, and Gary S. Casper -- 26. Ecological footprints of urbanization and sprawl : toward a city ethic / Dave Cieslewicz -- 27. Influences of policy, planning, and management on ecological change / Stephen M. Born -- pt. 6. Trajectories -- 28. Seeking adaptive change in Wisconsin's ecosystems / Stephen R. Carpenter --
- 29. Forecasting species invasions in Wisconsin lakes and streams / M. Jake Vander Zanden and Jeff T. Maxted -- 30. Nonnative terrestrial species invasions / S. Kelly Kearns -- 31. The potential futures of Wisconsin's forested landscapes / Robert M. Scheller and David J. Mladenoff -- 32. The big picture / Donald M. Waller