Cottonwood and the River of Time

Informationen zum Autor Reinhard F. Stettler Klappentext What lessons can we learn from the study of trees to preserve and manage our forests for an uncertain future? Zusammenfassung What lessons can we learn from the study of trees to preserve and manage our forests for an uncertain future? This title offers a look at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world. It illuminates connections between the physical! biological! and social worlds. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Autorentext

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

Klappentext

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

Inhalt

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