03938nam 22006374a 450 991081131440332120200520144314.01-281-39721-097866113972100-8135-4465-310.36019/9780813544656(CKB)1000000000535681(EBL)348829(OCoLC)560665139(SSID)ssj0000080012(PQKBManifestationID)11208816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000080012(PQKBWorkID)10095439(PQKB)10498365(DE-B1597)530124(DE-B1597)9780813544656(OCoLC)1156951152(MiAaPQ)EBC348829(EXLCZ)99100000000053568120070327d2008 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTrees, truffles, and beasts how forests function /Chris Maser, Andrew W. Claridge, and James M. Trappe1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20081 online resource (300 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4225-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-258) and index.Front matter --Contents --Foreword --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Forest We See --2. The Unseen Forest --3. Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: Coevolution in Action --4. Of Animals and Fungi --5. The Importance of Mycophagy --6. Landscape Patterns and Fire --7. Forest Succession and Habitat Dynamics --8. Of Lifestyles and Shared Habitats --9. Lessons from the Trees, the Truffles, and the Beasts --Appendix A: North American Common and Scientific Names --Appendix B: Australian Common and Scientific Names --Notes --Glossary --IndexIn today's world of specialization, people are attempting to protect the Earth's fragile state by swapping limousines for hybrids and pesticide-laced foods for organic produce. At other times, environmental awareness is translated into public relations gimmicks or trendy commodities. Moreover, simplistic policies, like single-species protection or planting ten trees for every tree cut down, are touted as bureaucratic or industrial panaceas. Because today's decisions are tomorrow's consequences, every small effort makes a difference, but a broader understanding of our environmental problems is necessary to the development of sustainable ecosystem policies. In Trees, Truffles, and Beasts, Chris Maser, Andrew W. Claridge, and James M. Trappe make a compelling case that we must first understand the complexity and interdependency of species and habitats from the microscopic level to the gigantic. Comparing forests in the Pacific Northwestern United States and Southeastern mainland of Australia, the authors show how easily observable speciesùtrees and mammalsùare part of a complicated infrastructure that includes fungi, lichens, and organisms invisible to the naked eye, such as microbes. Eminently readable, this important book shows that forests are far more complicated than most of us might think, which means simplistic policies will not save them. Understanding the biophysical intricacies of our life-support systems just might.Forest ecologyForest ecologyUnited StatesForest ecologyAustraliaForest ecology.Forest ecologyForest ecology577.3Maser Chris527016Claridge Andrew W.1966-1759238Trappe James M1073993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811314403321Trees, truffles, and beasts4197627UNINA