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    The Trees in My Forest

    The Trees in My Forest

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    by Bernd Heinrich

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      ISBN-13: 9780061844300
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Publication date: 10/13/2009
    • Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 256
    • Sales rank: 251,840
    • File size: 6 MB

    The author of numerous bestselling and award-winning books, Bernd Heinrich is a professor of biology at the University of Vermont. He divides his time between Vermont and the forests of western Maine.

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments ix(2)
    Introduction xi
    A Forest Ramble
    		1(19)
    A View from the Top
    		20(5)
    Whispering Pines?
    		25(4)
    Trees?
    		29(7)
    Getting By on Less
    		36(7)
    Trimming the Deadwood
    		43(6)
    Evolution of Small vs. Big Trees
    		49(10)
    Construction for Strength
    		59(10)
    Wood
    		69(5)
    Trees as Individuals
    		74(9)
    Vines
    		83(6)
    Tree Geometry and Apical Dominance
    		89(16)
    Time to a Tree
    		105(11)
    Sex in Trees
    		116(9)
    Apple Trees
    		125(12)
    A Wild Apple Orchard
    		137(4)
    The Dying and the Dead
    		141(14)
    Seeds and Seedlings
    		155(11)
    Acorns
    		166(7)
    Of Birds, Trees, and Fungi
    		173(7)
    Mushrooms
    		180(8)
    Ants and Trees
    		188(8)
    My White Pines
    		196(19)
    A Celebration
    		215(6)
    Appendix A: The Trees for the Forest 221(11)
    Appendix B: The Trees and Shrubs of My Forest 232(3)
    References 235

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    Ina book destined to become a classic, biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest.

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