Hubbard Brook

“With beautiful photographs and clear prose, Holmes and Likens have brought the science and story of Hubbard Brook to a wider audience.”—Choice

“As the authors vividly lay out, with over 50 years of research and data, Hubbard Brook is a model of a scientific effort that can eventually lead to wiser stewardship of our local, regional, and global environs.”—Earth Island Journal

"This book celebrates 50 years of research, summarizing the results of more than 1500 published papers . . . it is well illustrated with diagrams and colour photographs . . . It should be on every ecologist’s shelf."—Christopher Perrins, International Journal of Avian Science
 

“Clearly written and timely, Hubbard Brook is targeted toward readers who appreciate science and want to look at a Northeastern forest through a scientist’s eyes.”—Northern Woodlands

“[T]his intimate history of research at Hubbard Brook stands as testimony to the rich rewards of sustained government investment in support of ecological research. Kudos to the authors and all who have been involved in this grand venture, which we hope will continue well into the future.”—Martin J. Lechowicz, Quarterly Review of Biology

“I think I learned more about the processes of forest ecosystems from [reading Hubbard Brook] than I had in 60 years of forest research. . . . I recommend that anyone who hopes to be part of Australia’s long-term future read this book.”—Harry F. Recher, Pacific Conservation Biology

“A wonderfully rich and readable overview of the work done at Hubbard Brook over the past 50 or so years.”—BioScience

Winner of the 2017 American Publishers Awards for Professional & Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in the Biological Science category.

Winner of the 2017 New England Society Book Award in the Specialty category given by the New England Society of the City of New York.

Co-author Gene Likens is the winner of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal, earth and environmental science category

“The authors have elegantly packaged a 50-year history of the Hubbard Brook project into a very readable book that will be of interest to a wide variety of disciplines.”—James Galloway, University of Virginia

“A tremendous accomplishment. The work is original and the scholarship is excellent. It is extremely important and it absolutely will be a cherished book.”—Andrew Friedland, Dartmouth College

“An essential addition to the bookshelves of professional ecologists, natural history buffs, and New England armchair ecologists.”—Meg Lowman, California Academy of Sciences

“This beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written book presents a comprehensive summary of 50 years of research at Hubbard Brook, perhaps the most iconic and influential long-term ecological research program ever conducted.”—Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico

“Many important lessons have been learned in this fabled forest laboratory. By telling the Hubbard Brook story, Holmes and Likens give a gift to all who treasure the northern hardwood forest.”—Stephen Long, author of Thirty-Eight

Winner of the 2017 American Publishers Awards for Professional & Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in the Biological Science category.

~PROSE, PROSE

Winner of the 2017 New England Society Book Award in the Specialty category given by the New England Society of the City of New York.

~New England Society Book Awards, New England Society in the City of New York