Northern Research Station

Title: The Hoosier-Shawnee Ecological assessment

Author: Thompson, Frank R., III, ed.

Date: 2004

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-244. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 267 p.

Station ID: GTR-NC-244

Description: This report is a scientific assessment of the characteristic composition, structure, and processes of ecosystems in the southern one-third of Illinois and Indiana and a small part of western Kentucky. It includes chapters on ecological sections and soils, water resources, forest, plants, and communities, aquatic animals, terrestrial animals, forest diseases and pests, and exotic animals. The information presented provides a context for land and resource management planning on the Hoosier and Shawnee National Forests.

Keywords: crayfish, current conditions, communities, exotics, fish, forests, Hoosier National Forest, mussels, Shawnee National Forest, soils, water resources, wildlife.

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Thompson, Frank R., III, ed.  2004.  The Hoosier-Shawnee Ecological assessment.   Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-244. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 267 p..