Peter Wohlleben: The Hidden Life of Trees

Cover: 9781771642484 | The Hidden Life of Trees | Peter Wohlleben | Buch | 272 S. | Englisch

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Forester Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death and regeneration he has observed in the woodland. Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, he presents the science behind the life of trees. *Also appeared in September Buyer's Notes*

Über den Autor

Peter Wohlleben spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ideas of ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally-friendly woodland in Germany, where he is working for the return of primeval forests. He is the author of numerous books about the natural world including The Hidden Life of Trees, The Inner Lives of Animals, and The Secret Wisdom of Nature, which together make up his bestselling The Mysteries of Nature Series. He has also written numerous books for children including Can You Hear the Trees Talking? and Peter and the Tree Children. To learn more about Peter and his books, visit his website at [...].

Tim Flannery is a scientist, explorer and conservationist. He is a leading writer on climate change and his books include Atmosphere of Hope and The Weather Makers.

Jane Billinghurst’s career has been in book publishing in the UK, the US, and Canada, as an editor, publisher, writer, and translator. She is the translator of the New York Times-bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees by German forester Peter Wohlleben.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the English Edition

Introduction

1 / Friendships

2 / The Language of Trees

3 / Social Security

4 / Love

5 / The Tree Lottery

6 / Slowly Does It

7 / Forest Etiquette

8 / Tree School

9 / United We Stand, Divided We Fall

10 / The Mysteries of Moving Water

11 / Trees Aging Gracefully

12 / Mighty Oak or Mighty Wimp?

13 / Specialists

14 / Tree or Not Tree?

15 / In the Realm of Darkness

16 / Carbon Dioxide Vacuums

17 / Woody Climate Control

18 / The Forest as Water Pump

19 / Yours or Mine?

20 / Community Housing Projects

21 / Mother Ships of Biodiversity

22 / Hibernation

23 / A Sense of Time

24 / A Question of Character

25 / The Sick Tree

26 / Let There Be Light

27 / Street Kids

28 / Burnout

29 / Destination North!

30 / Tough Customers

31 / Turbulent Times

32 / Immigrants

33 / Healthy Forest Air

34 / Why Is the Forest Green?

35 / Set Free

36 / More Than Just a Commodity

Note from a Forest Scientist by Dr. Suzanne Simard

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Grenzwissenschaften
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	272 S.
ISBN-13:	9781771642484
ISBN-10:	1771642483
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Wohlleben, Peter
Übersetzung:	Billinghurst, Jane
Hersteller:	Greystone Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	198 x 141 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter Wohlleben
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.09.2016
Gewicht:	0,416 kg