The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771642484 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: Vancouver : David Suzuki Institute/Greystone Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Germany in 2015 as Das geheime Leben der Bäume."--T.p. verso. "English translation ... Jane Billinghurst"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / by Tim Flannery -- Introduction to the English edition -- Introduction -- Friendships -- The language of trees -- Social security -- Love -- The tree lottery -- Slowly does it -- Forest etiquette -- Tree school -- United we stand, divided we fall -- The mysteries of moving water -- Trees aging gracefully -- Mighty oak or mighty wimp? -- Specialists -- Tree or not tree? -- In the realm of darkness -- Carbon dioxide vacuums -- Woody climate control -- The forest as water pump -- Yours or mine? -- Community housing projects -- Mother ships of biodiversity -- Hibernation -- A sense of time -- A question of character -- The sick tree -- Let there be light -- Street kids -- Burnout -- Destination north! -- Tough customers -- Turbulent times -- Immigrants -- Healthy forest air -- Why is the forest green? -- Set free -- More than just a community -- Note from a forest scientist / by Dr. Suzanne Simard |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Trees Trees -- Ecology Forest ecology |
Available copies
- 21 of 28 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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- 0 current holds with 28 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | 582.16 Wohl (Text) | 33294001975879 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |