In search of the canary tree the story of a scientist, a cypress, and a changing world
Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants...
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Formato: | Libro |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Basic Books
2018
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Edición: | First edition |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991004688739706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ghosts and graveyards
- Stand still
- Fear and forests in changing climate
- Solving puzzles
- Countdown
- Thrive
- Coveted
- Apart and a part
- Saturation point
- Measured and immeasurable
- The greatest opportunity
- The sentinels