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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457171403321

Autore

Stettler R. F (Reinhard Friedrich), <1929->

Titolo

Cottonwood and the river of time [[electronic resource] ] : on trees, evolution, and society / / Reinhard F. Stettler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009

ISBN

0-295-80019-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

583/.65

Soggetti

Poplar - Adaptation

Poplar - Evolution

Poplar - Genetics

Trees - Evolution

Trees - Economic aspects

Human-plant relationships

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: The tree and the river -- The tree -- The river -- Regeneration -- Water and nutrient relations -- Perpetuate and proliferate! -- 2: Variation and variability -- Clones -- Why sex? -- Password? -- Natural hybridization -- 3: From species to population to genes -- Common gardens -- Transplanted trees -- Getting closer to the genes -- Migrant trees -- Adaptation and its limits -- 4: Trees and society -- Changing rivers--changing landscapes -- The dawn of agriculture -- The farmer's trees -- From farmers' trees to tree farms -- Poplar--a model tree -- Tree genomics and beyond -- Between old growth and plantations -- The essence of trees -- Outlook.