LEADER 03938nam 22006374a 450 001 9910811314403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $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 $a20070327d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTrees, truffles, and beasts $ehow forests function /$fChris Maser, Andrew W. Claridge, and James M. Trappe 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (300 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4225-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-258) and index. 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 606 $aForest ecology$zUnited States 606 $aForest ecology$zAustralia 615 0$aForest ecology. 615 0$aForest ecology 615 0$aForest ecology 676 $a577.3 700 $aMaser$b Chris$0527016 701 $aClaridge$b Andrew W.$f1966-$01759238 701 $aTrappe$b James M$01073993 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811314403321 996 $aTrees, truffles, and beasts$94197627 997 $aUNINA