The songs of trees : stories from nature's great connectors / David George Haskell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskell, David George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest ecology.

Symbiosis.

Trees.

Local Subjects:

Forest ecology.

Symbiosis.

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Viking, [2017]

Summary:

The author repeatedly visits a dozen trees around the world to stop, listen, and look, exploring each tree's connections with webs of fungi, bacterial communities, cooperative and destructive animals, and other plants, and demonstrating how the lives of trees and people are deeply interwoven. Several trees, including a balsam fir in Ontario and an Amazonian ceibo, are located in areas that seem mostly natural, but which are affected by industrial development and climate change. Haskell also turns to trees in places where humans seem to have subdued "nature"--a pear tree on a Manhattan sidewalk, an olive tree in Jerusalem -- demonstrating that wildness permeates every location.

Contents:

Preface

Part 1

Ceibo

Balsam fir

Sabal palm

Green ash

Interlude : mitsumata

Part 2

Hazel

Redwood and ponderosa pine

Interlude : Maple

Part 3

Cottonwood

Callery pear

Olive

Japanese white pine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Haskell, David George. Songs of trees.

ISBN:

9780525427520

052542752X

OCLC:

956479671