Reinhard F Stettler

Cottonwood and the River of Time

On Trees, Evolution, and Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What lessons can we learn from the study of trees to preserve and manage our forests for an uncertain future?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780295988801
• ISBN-10: 0295988800
• Artikelnr.: 25684458

Autorenporträt

Reinhard F. Stettler is professor emeritus of forestry at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I: The Tree and the River
1. The Tree
2. The River
3. Regeneration
4. Water and Nutrient Relations
5. Perpetuate and Proliferate!
Part II: Variation and Variability
6. Clones
7. Why Sex?
8. Password?
9. Natural Hybridization
Part III: From Species to Populations to Genes
10. Common Gardens
11. Transplanted Trees
12. Getting Closer to the Genes
13. Migrant Trees
14. Adaptation and Its Limits
Part IV: Trees and Society
15. Changing Rivers--Changing Landscapes
16. The Dawn of Agriculture
17. The Farmer's Trees
18. From Farmers' Trees to Tree Farms
19. Poplar--A Model Tree
20. Tree Genomics and Beyond
21. Between Old Growth and Plantations
22. The Essence of Trees
23. Outlook
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index