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Overview
Straddling temperate forests and grassland biomes and stretching along the coastline of two Great Lakes, Wisconsin contains tallgrass prairie and oak savanna, broadleaf and coniferous forests, wetlands, natural lakes, and rivers. But, like the rest of the world, the Badger State has been transformed by urbanization and sprawl, population growth, and land-use change. For decades, industry and environment have attempted to coexist in Wisconsin—and the dynamic tensions between economic progress and environmental protection makes the state a fascinating microcosm for studying global environmental change.
The Vanishing Present brings together a distinguished set of contributors—including scientists, naturalists, and policy experts—to examine how human pressures on Wisconsin’s changing lands, waters, and wildlife have redefined the state’s ecology. Though they focus on just one state, the authors draw conclusions about changes in temperate habitats that can be applied elsewhere, and offer useful insights into future of the ecology, conservation, and sustainability of Wisconsin and beyond.
A fitting tribute to the home state of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, The Vanishing Present is an accessible and timely case study of a significant ecosystem and its response to environmental change.
Editorial Reviews
Northeastern Naturalist
The Vanishing Present brings together a distinguished set of contributors . . . to examine how human pressures on Wisconsin's changing lands, waters, and wildlife have redefined the state's ecology. . . . . The authors draw conclusions about changes in temperate habitats that can be applied elsewhere, and offer useful insights into the future of the ecology, conservation, and sustainibility of Wisconsin and beyond.Open Spaces
If you read one inspiring book in 2008, it should be the timely and significant new volume edited by Donald M. Waller and Thomas P. Rooney, entitled The Vanishing Present: Wisconsin’s Changing Lands, Waters, and Wildlife. As I read essays from fifty different scientists about biotic diversity from lichens to lakes, it was like being inside the neck of an hourglass, with the ability to look backward and forward. Just as an hourglass measures the passage of time, The Vanishing Present gives the reader an historical understanding of Wisconsin’s ecology, and the marked transformation it is presently experiencing as well as future impacts.— Edith M. Kadlec
Quarterly Review of Biology
Every ecologist, land manager or policymaker in Wisconsin and adjacent areas will this book essential; those living in other parts of the world will wish they had something like it.— Lee E. Frelich
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Meet the Author
Donald M. Waller is professor of botany and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Thomas P. Rooney is assistant professor of biological sciences at Wright State University.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
List of Illustrations xii
List of Plates xiv
1 Assembling the Puzzle Donald M. Waller Thomas P. Rooney 1
Part 1 Perspectives
Introduction 15
2 The View from Man Mound Curt Meine 17
3 The Challenge of Unveiling the Invisible Present John J. Magnuson 31
4 Thinking Like a Flower: Phenology and Climate Change at the Leopold Shack Sarah D. Wright Nina Leopold Bradley 41
Part 2 Changing Plant Communities
Introduction 57
5 Broad-Scale Change in the Northern Forests: From Past to Present David J. Mladenoff Lisa A. Schulte Janine Bolliger 61
6 Plant Species Diversity in the Once and Future Northwoods Thomas P. Rooney Donald M. Waller 75
7 From the Prairie-Forest Mosaic to the Forest: Dynamics of Southern Wisconsin Woodlands David Rogers Thomas P. Rooney Rich Henderson 91
8 Savanna and Prairie: Requiem for the Past, Hope for the Future Mark K. Leach 103
9 Plant Communities of Great Lakes Islands Emmet J. Judziewicz 115
10 Patterns in Wisconsin Lichen Diversity James P. Bennett 127
11 How Have Wisconsin's Lichen Communities Changed? Susan Will-Wolf Matthew P. Nelsen 135
Part 3 Changing Waters and the Land-Water Interface
Introduction 153
12 Great Lakes Ecosystems: Invasions, Food Web Dynamics, and the Challenge of Ecological Restoration James F. Kitchell Greg G. Sass 157
13 Documenting and Halting Declines of Nongame Fishes in Southern Wisconsin David W. Marshall John Lyons 171
14 Change in Wisconsin's Coastal Wetlands Jim Meeker Gary Fewless 183
15 Southern Wisconsin's Herbaceous Wetlands: Their Recent History and Precarious Future Joy B. Zedler Kenneth W. Potter 193
16 Shifting Plants in Wisconsin Lakes Stanley A. Nichols 211
17 Changes in the Wisconsin River and Its Floodplain Monica G. Turner Emily H. Stanley Matthias Bürgi David J. Mladenoff 229
Part 4 Changing Animal Communities
Introduction 253
18 Changes in Mammalian Carnivore Populations Adrian P. Wydeven Charles M. Pils 257
19 Deer as Both a Cause and Reflection of Ecological Change Scott Craven Timothy Van Deelen 273
20 Changes in Amphibian and Reptile Communities Gary S. Casper 287
21 Two Centuries of Changes in Grassland Bird Populations and Their Habitats in Wisconsin David W. Sample Michael J. Mossman 301
22 Wisconsin's Changing Bird Communities Stanley A. Temple John R. Cary 331
23 Changes in the Butterfly and Moth Fauna Les Ferge 339
Part 5 Nature Meets Us: The Social and Political Context
Introduction 353
24 Public Lands and Waters and Changes in Conservation Mike Dombeck 357
25 Urbanization and Ecological Change in Milwaukee County Lawrence A. Leitner John H. Idzikowski Gary S. Casper 363
26 Ecological Footprints of Urbanization and Sprawl: Toward a City Ethic Dave Cieslewicz 381
27 Influences of Policy, Planning, and Management on Ecological Change Stephen M. Born 391
Part 6 Trajectories
Introduction 405
28 Seeking Adaptive Change in Wisconsin's Ecosystems Stephen R. Carpenter 407
29 Forecasting Species Invasions in Wisconsin Lakes and Streams M. Jake Vander Zanden Jeff T. Maxted 423
30 Nonnative Terrestrial Species Invasions S. Kelly Kearns 439
31 The Potential Futures of Wisconsin's Forested Landscapes Robert M. Scheller David J. Mladenoff 453
Conclusion
32 The Big Picture Donald M. Waller 465
Glossary 477
List of Scientific Names 479
Index 495