02646cam a2200361 i 4500 365855780 TxAuBib 20161008120000.0 160102s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781771642484 1771642483 (OCoLC)933722592 BTCTA eng rda BTCTA OCLCQ YDXCP BDX ZQP FM0 UPZ NLC IK2 ZHB CLU YDX JP3 OBE LMR VP@ GZD TxAuBib rda eng ger Wohlleben, Peter, 1964- The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world / Peter Wohlleben ; foreword by Tim Flannery. Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute, [2016] xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Germany in 2015 as Das geheime Leben der B©Þume"--Title page verso. "English translation ... Jane Billinghurst"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-260) and index. 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 community -- Note from a forest scientist / by Dr. Suzanne Simard. "A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other"-- Provided by publisher. 20161008. Trees Ecology. Forest ecology. Flannery, Tim F, 1956-, writer of foreword, (Tim Fridtjof.) Simard, S, scientific advisor, (Suzanne.) Billinghurst, Jane, 1958-, translator.