Cottonwood and the river of time [[electronic resource] ] : on trees, evolution, and society / / Reinhard F. Stettler
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Stettler R. F (Reinhard Friedrich), <1929->
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Cottonwood and the river of time [[electronic resource] ] : on trees, evolution, and society / / Reinhard F. Stettler
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| 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 |
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