Peter A. Thomas (Keele University)

Trees

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of this book provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of tree biology and ecology and presents the recent discoveries in this area. It offers unique insight into our understanding of trees, the role of genetic and hydraulic engineering as well as the effects of climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780521133586
• ISBN-10: 0521133580
• Artikelnr.: 39633137

Autorenporträt

Peter Thomas is senior lecturer in botanical and environmental science at Keele University, UK with 30 years of experience in ecological aspects of trees and forest ecology in the UK, North and Central America, Europe, Africa, Russia and Australasia. He has written two other books for Cambridge University Press: Ecology of Woodlands and Forests (with John Packham, 2007) and Fire in the Forest (with Robert S. McAlpine, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. An overview
2. Leaves: the food producers
3. Trunk and branches: more than a connecting drainpipe
4. Roots: the hidden tree
5. Towards the next generation: flowers, fruits and seeds
6. The growing tree
7. The shape of trees
8. The next generation: new trees from old
9. Age, health, damage and death: living in a hostile world
10. Trees and us
Further reading
Index.