Teaching the trees : lessons from the forest / / Joan Maloof
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| Autore: |
Maloof Joan <1956->
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| Titolo: |
Teaching the trees : lessons from the forest / / Joan Maloof
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| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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