LEADER 03972nam 22006135 450 001 9910782293503321 005 20230912162930.0 010 $a1-281-39721-0 010 $a9786611397210 010 $a0-8135-4465-3 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813544656 035 $a(CKB)1000000000535681 035 $a(EBL)348829 035 $a(OCoLC)560665139 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000080012 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208816 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000080012 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10095439 035 $a(PQKB)10498365 035 $a(DE-B1597)530124 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813544656 035 $a(OCoLC)1156951152 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC348829 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000535681 100 $a20200623h20082008 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTrees, Truffles, and Beasts $eHow Forests Function /$fJames M Trappe, Andrew W Claridge, Chris Maser 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2008] 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (300 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4225-1 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Forest We See --$t2. The Unseen Forest --$t3. Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: Coevolution in Action --$t4. Of Animals and Fungi --$t5. The Importance of Mycophagy --$t6. Landscape Patterns and Fire --$t7. Forest Succession and Habitat Dynamics --$t8. Of Lifestyles and Shared Habitats --$t9. Lessons from the Trees, the Truffles, and the Beasts --$tAppendix A: North American Common and Scientific Names --$tAppendix B: Australian Common and Scientific Names --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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 speciesłtrees and mammalsłare 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. 606 $aForest ecology$zUnited States 606 $aForest ecology$zAustralia 606 $aForest ecology 615 0$aForest ecology 615 0$aForest ecology 615 0$aForest ecology 676 $a577.3 700 $aMaser$b Chris$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0527016 702 $aClaridge$b Andrew W.$f1966-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aTrappe$b James M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782293503321 996 $aTrees, Truffles, and Beasts$93817583 997 $aUNINA