How trees die : the past, present, and future of our forests / Jeff Gillman.

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Explains how trees age and the various ways they die, i.e. at the hands of humans or by foreign insects and diseases. Explores the future of trees as well.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillman, Jeff, 1969-
Language:English
Published: Yardley, Penn : Westholme Pub. LLC, 2009.
Subjects:
Trees.
Forests and forestry.
Trees > Social aspects.
Forests and forestry > Social aspects.
Forest ecology.
Trees > Environmental aspects.
Forests and forestry > Environmental aspects.
Physical Description:234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The trees among us
  • A charmed life
  • Forests old and new
  • Stowaway plants
  • Apples and age
  • The short lives of peach trees
  • Foreign invasion
  • The plague of the elms
  • Unstoppable insects
  • Forces of nature and zone pushers
  • Loved to death
  • The future of the trees.