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Author
Publisher
David Suzuki Institute
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Sharing emerging scientific research about how forests shape climates both locally and across continents, the author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how ancient forests pass their wisdom through generations and why our future lies in protecting them.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xiv, 268 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window into the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Each of this book's short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers....