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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Oakes, Lauren, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books 2018
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