The arbornaut : a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us / Meg Lowman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowman, Margaret, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant ecologists--United States--Biography.

Plant ecologists.

Botanists--United States--Biography.

Botanists.

Forest canopy ecology--Research.

Forest canopy ecology.

Rain forest ecology--Research.

Rain forest ecology.

Women botanists.

United States.

Women botanists--United States--Biography.

Lowman, Margaret.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiography.

Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us

Arbornaut : a life discovering the 8th continent in the trees above us

Life discovering the 8th continent in the trees above us

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Summary:

"Biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman-aka "Canopy Meg"-takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action"-- Provided by publisher.

As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Lowman sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees, in order to be a better monitor. Over the years she planned one of the first treetop walkways, and helped create more of these bridges through the eighth continent all over the world. Here she launches us into the life and work of an ecologist and conservationist, and offers hope, specific plans, and recommendations for actions that will make an immediate and lasting impact against climate change. -- adapted from jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. From Wildflower To Wallflower: A Girl Naturalist In Rural America

American Elm (Ulmus Americand)

2. Becoming A Forest Detective: First Encounters With Temperate Trees From New England To Scotland

My Favorite Birches (Betulapapyrifera, B. Pendula, And B. Pubescens)

3. One Hundred Feet In The Air: Finding A Way To Study Leaves In The Australian Rain Forests

Coachwood (Ceratopetalum Apetalum)

4. Who Ate My Leaves?: Tracking

and Discovering!

Australian Insects

Giant Stinging Tree {Dendrocnide excelsd)

5. Dieback In The Outback: Juggling Marriage And Investigations Of Gum Tree Death In Australia's Sheep Country

New England Peppermint (Eucalyptus nova-anglicd)

6. Hitting The Glass Canopy: How Strangler Figs And Tall Poppies Taught Me To Survive As A Woman In Science

Figs (Ficus spp.)

7. Arbornauts For A Week: Citizen Scientists Explore The Amazon Jungles

The great kapok tree (Ceibapentandrd)

8. Tiger Tracks, Tree Leopards, And Vedippala Fruits: Exporting My Toolkit To Train Arbornauts In India

Vedippala (Cullenia exarillatd)

9. A Treetop Bioblitz: Counting 1,659 Species In Malaysia's Tropical Forests In Ten Days

Dark Red Meranti {Shorea curtisii)

10. Building Trust Between Priests And Arbornauts: Saving The Forests Of Ethiopia, One Church At A Time

Red Stinkwood or African Cherry (Prunus africana)

11. Classrooms in the sky-for everyone!: wheelchairs and water bears in the treetops

Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

12. Can we save our last, best forests?: promoting conservation through mission green.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780374162696

0374162697

OCLC:

1182575714

Publisher Number:

99988374191