Research Catalog

Title

The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world / Peter Wohlleben ; foreword by Tim Flannery ; translation by Jane Billinghurst.

Author

Wohlleben, Peter, 1964-

Publication

• Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Berkeley : Greystone Books Ltd, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
• Simard, S. (Suzanne)
• Billinghurst, Jane, 1958-

Description

xv, 272 pages : illustrations; 20 cm

Summary

Are trees social beings? Forester and author Peter Wohlleben makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland.

Uniform Title

Geheime Leben der Bäume. English

Alternative Title

Geheime Leben der Bäume.

Subjects

• Forest ecology
• Trees > Ecology
• NATURE > Plants > Trees
• NATURE > Essays
• SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany

Note

• "Originally published in Germany in 2015 as Das geheime Leben der Bäume"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-260) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the German.

Awards (note)

• Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2017

Contents

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 commodity -- Note from a forest scientist / by Dr. Suzanne Simard.

Call Number

JFC 16-77

ISBN

• 9781771642484
• 1771642483

OCLC

933722592

Author

Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- author.

Title

The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world / Peter Wohlleben ; foreword by Tim Flannery ; translation by Jane Billinghurst.

Publisher

Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Berkeley : Greystone Books Ltd, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-260) and index.

Language

Translated from the German.

Awards

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2017

Added Author

Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- writer of foreword.

Simard, S. (Suzanne), scientific advisor.

Billinghurst, Jane, 1958- translator.

Other Form:

Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- Geheime Leben der Bäume. English. Hidden life of trees. (CaOONL)20169054802

Research Call Number

JFC 16-77