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Finding the mother tree : discovering the wisdom of the forest / Dr. Suzanne Simard.

Summary:

"A world-leading expert shares her amazing story of discovering the communication that exists between trees, and shares her own story of family and grief. Dr. Suzanne Simard was born and raised in the rainforests of British Columbia and has forged a lifelong relationship of love and respect with the trees. This relationship was the driving force behind her decision to dedicate her life to better understanding the forest and the network that connects the plant life within. With humour, emotion, and the narrative drive of a lifelong storyteller, Dr. Simard takes readers on an intimate journey of groundbreaking scientific discovery. Linking her research to her personal experiences, she recounts her life's work uncovering the "Wood Wide Web," the underground mycelium network that connects all the trees and plants within a forest. It is a network that allows them to share not only nutrients, but information, all of which originates from the hubs called Mother Trees. Readers will journey with Dr. Simard into this massive experiment, from dramatic encounters with wildlife to the groundbreaking "Aha" moments in a lab, from learning how to utilize this network to promote plant growth to what this network can teach us about combatting climate change. Dramatic, funny, touching, and evocative, Finding the Mother Tree offers an intimate and personal look at discovery. This book is not about how we can save the trees, but about how the trees might actually save us."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780735237766
  • ISBN: 073523776X
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: Toronto : Allen Lane Canada, 2021.
Subject: Simard, S. (Suzanne)
Forest conservation.
Forest ecology.
Human ecology.
Trees > Conservation.
Forest regeneration.
Conservationists > Canada > Biography.
Conservationists
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest regeneration
Human ecology
Canada
Genre: Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Electronic books.


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