The genius of trees : how trees mastered the elements and shaped the world
Rix, Harriet2025
Book
Taking us on an awe-inspiring journey through deep history and across the globe, 'The Genius of Trees' restores trees to their rightful position not as victims of our negligence but as ingenious, stunningly inventive agents in a grand ecological narrative. Some have been using fire as a reproductive tool since prehistoric times. Others have gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure their fruits reach large primates, who can spread their seeds over vast distances, while poisoning smaller and less useful mammals. Some can split solid rock and create fertile ground in barren landscapes, effectively building entire ecosystems from scratch. For the first time, we witness the inventive and astonishing ways trees sculpt and even master their environment and understand the science of how they achieve these feats.
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Author:
Rix, Harriet, author
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2025.©2025
Collation:
xviii, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: pages 239-267.
Contents:
Trees shaping waterTrees shaping soilTrees shaping fireTrees shaping airTrees shaping fungiTrees shaping plantsTrees shaping animalsTrees shaping people.
ISBN:
9781847927835 (paperback)9781847927828 (hardback)
Dewey class:
582.16
Language:
English
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BRN:
495762