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Teaching the trees : lessons from the forest / Joan Maloof.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maloof, Joan, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trees--East (U.S.)--Anecdotes.
- Trees.
- Forest ecology--East (U.S.)--Anecdotes.
- Forest ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In these natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. Through her engaging, conversational style, each essay offers a lesson in stewardship as it explores the connections between a tree species and the animals and insects whose lives depend on it.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- About the Illustrations
- Old-Growth Air
- Tulip Poplar
- Tree Hugger
- Sycamore
- Beech
- Pine
- Grandfather Trees
- Oak
- Maple
- Black Locust
- Redcedar
- Holly
- Bald Cypress
- Sweet Gum
- September 11th Memorial Forest
- Baby Trees
- Eagles and Pines
- Things of This World
- Appendix
- Notes
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153).
- ISBN:
- 9786612795718
- 9781282795716
- 1282795716
- 9780820335988
- 0820335983
- OCLC:
- 676698623
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