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Autore: | Maloof Joan <1956-> |
Titolo: | Teaching the trees : lessons from the forest / / Joan Maloof |
Pubblicazione: | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
Disciplina: | 578.73/0974 |
Soggetto topico: | Trees - East (U.S.) |
Forest ecology - East (U.S.) | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153). |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- About the Illustrations -- Old-Growth Air -- Tulip Poplar -- Tree Hugger -- Sycamore -- Beech -- Pine -- Grandfather Trees -- Oak -- Maple -- Black Locust -- Redcedar -- Holly -- Bald Cypress -- Sweet Gum -- September 11th Memorial Forest -- Baby Trees -- Eagles and Pines -- Things of This World -- Appendix -- Notes -- Acknowledgments. |
Sommario/riassunto: | In these natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. Through her engaging, conversational style, each essay offers a lesson in stewardship as it explores the connections between a tree species and the animals and insects whose lives depend on it. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Teaching the trees |
ISBN: | 1-282-79571-6 |
9786612795718 | |
0-8203-3598-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811031303321 |
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