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

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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

Title remainder

what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world

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Peter Wohlleben ; foreword by Tim Flannery ; translation by Jane Billinghurst

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• The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world

Publication

• Vancouver, BC, Canada, David Suzuki Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada | Berkeley, Greystone Books Ltd, 2016

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• ©2016

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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-260) and index

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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

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ocn933722592

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20 cm

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xv, 272 pages

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9781771642484

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