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

• Autore: Stettler R. F (Reinhard Friedrich), <1929->
• Pubblicazione: Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 583/.65
• Soggetto topico: Poplar - Adaptation; Poplar - Evolution; Poplar - Genetics; Trees - Evolution; Trees - Economic aspects; Human-plant relationships
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cottonwood and the river of time
• ISBN: 0-295-80019-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457171403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II