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The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world / Peter Wohlleben ; foreword by Tim Flannery.
Van Pelt Library QK475 .W6413 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Geheime Leben der Bäume. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Trees--Ecology.
- Trees.
- Forest ecology.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute : Greystone Books Ltd, [2016]
- Summary:
- "A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Tim Flannery
- Introduction to the English edition
- Introduction
- Friendships
- The language of trees
- Social security
- Love
- The tree lottery
- Slowly does it
- Forest etiquette
- Tree school
- United we stand, divided we fall
- The mysteries of moving water
- Trees aging gracefully
- Mighty oak or mighty wimp?
- Specialists
- Tree or not tree?
- In the realm of darkness
- Carbon dioxide vacuums
- Woody climate control
- The forest as water pump
- Yours or mine?
- Community housing projects
- Mother ships of biodiversity
- Hibernation
- A sense of time
- A question of character
- The sick tree
- Let there be light
- Street kids
- Burnout
- Destination north!
- Tough customers
- Turbulent times
- Immigrants
- Healthy forest air
- Why is the forest green?
- Set free
- More than just a community
- Note from a forest scientist / by Dr. Suzanne Simard.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Germany in 2015 as Das geheime Leben der Bäume"--Title page verso.
- "English translation ... Jane Billinghurst"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-260) and index.
- Other Format:
- Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- Geheime Leben der Bäume. English Hidden life of trees.
- ISBN:
- 9781771642484
- 1771642483
- OCLC:
- 933722592
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