The
songs of trees
stories from nature's great connectors
Haskell, David George
creator
author.
text
bibliography
nyu
2017
monographic
eng
xi, 292 pages ; 22 cm
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.
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.
David George Haskell.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index.
Forest ecology
Symbiosis
Trees
QH541.5.F6 H375 2017
NAT034000 SCI100000 NAT010000
Songs of trees
Haskell, David George.
New York, New York : Viking, [2017]
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