Special Places : The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region

by Roots, Betty I.; Chant, Donald A.; Heidenreich, Conrad E.

• ISBN13: 9780774807364
• ISBN10: 0774807369
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Dr. Roberta L. Bondar
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	3	(8)
Part 1: The Broad Physical Basis
The Physical Setting: A Story of Changing Environments through Time	11	(22)
Climate	33	(18)
Watersheds	51	(12)
Part 2: From Wilderness to City
Native Settlement to 1847	63	(14)
Spatial Growth	77	(16)
Part 3: The Past and Present Natural Environment
Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Greater Toronto Region	93	(12)
Vascular Plants	105	(12)
Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts, and Lichens	117	(12)
Fungi	129	(22)
Invertebrates	151	(10)
Insects	161	(16)
Fish	177	(10)
Amphibians and Reptiles	187	(16)
Mammals	203	(14)
Birds	217	(12)
Part 4: The Special Places
From Acquisition to Restoration: A History of Protecting Toronto's Natural Places	229	(14)
Special Places	243	(52)
Waterfront Ecosystems: Restoring Is Remembering	245	(4)
The Port Lands: The Significance of the Ordinary	249	(7)
Scarborough Bluffs	256	(4)
The Savannahs of High Park	260	(6)
Oak Ridges Moraine	266	(5)
Credit River	271	(7)
Humber Valley	278	(5)
Don Valley	283	(3)
Duffins Creek	286	(4)
Rouge Valley	290	(5)
Discussion and Conclusions	295	(13)
The History of the Royal Canadian Institute	305	(3)
Afterword	308	(2)
David Crombie
References and Additional Reading	310	(17)
Contributors' Acknowledgements	327	(2)
Contributors	329	(2)
Index	331