The Trees in My Forest

by Bernd Heinrich

Overview

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.

Product Details

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

About the Author

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