David J. Gibson is Professor of Plant Biology and University Distinguished Scholar at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is Senior Editor of the Journal of Ecology, and author of a number of books, including Grasslands and Climate Change (2019, with J. A. Newman), Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology, 2nd edition (2015) and Grasses and Grassland Ecology (2009).

The narrative offers an interesting experience for the reader, who may learn and be entertained at the same time.

• Prologue: An Entangled Bank 1: A Tree Never Lies 2: Everything That's Touched 3: Getting Caught Up 4: Every Particle Tells A Story 5: It's in the Genes 6: A Forensic Pharmacopoeia 7: Hiding in Plain Sight Coda: Moving Forward

David J. Gibson is Professor of Plant Biology and University Distinguished Scholar at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is Senior Editor of the Journal of Ecology, and author of a number of books, including Grasslands and Climate Change (2019, with J. A. Newman), Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology, 2nd edition (2015) and Grasses and Grassland Ecology (2009).

The narrative offers an interesting experience for the reader, who may learn and be entertained at the same time.

• Prologue: An Entangled Bank 1: A Tree Never Lies 2: Everything That's Touched 3: Getting Caught Up 4: Every Particle Tells A Story 5: It's in the Genes 6: A Forensic Pharmacopoeia 7: Hiding in Plain Sight Coda: Moving Forward

David J. Gibson is Professor of Plant Biology and University Distinguished Scholar at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is Senior Editor of the Journal of Ecology, and author of a number of books, including Grasslands and Climate Change (2019, with J. A. Newman), Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology, 2nd edition (2015) and Grasses and Grassland Ecology (2009).

The narrative offers an interesting experience for the reader, who may learn and be entertained at the same time.

• Prologue: An Entangled Bank 1: A Tree Never Lies 2: Everything That's Touched 3: Getting Caught Up 4: Every Particle Tells A Story 5: It's in the Genes 6: A Forensic Pharmacopoeia 7: Hiding in Plain Sight Coda: Moving Forward