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Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, Jérôme Chave - World Atlas of Trees and Forests, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

World Atlas of Trees and Forests

Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems

Av Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, Jérôme Chave

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A marvelously illustrated look at the world’s diverse forests and their ecosystemsThe earth’s forests are havens of nature supporting a diversity of life. Shaped by climate and geography, these vast and dynamic wooded spaces offer unique ecosystems that shelter complex and interdependent webs of flora, fungi, and animals. The World Atlas of Trees and Forests offers a beautiful introduction to what forests are, how they work, how they grow, and how we map, assess, and conserve them.Provides the most wide-ranging coverage of the world’s forests availableTakes readers beneath the breathtaking variety of wooded canopies that span the globeProfiles a wealth of tree species, with enlightening and entertaining natural-history highlights along the wayFeatures stunning color photos, maps, and graphicsDraws on the latest cutting-edge research and technology, including satellite imagery
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-09-20
  • Mått: 226 x 306 x 34 mm
  • Vikt: 2 402 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 400
  • Förlag: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN: 9780691226743
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Herman Shugart is the W. W. Corcoran Professor of Natural History (Emeritus) at the University of Virginia. His books include How the Earthquake Bird Got Its Name and Other Tales of an Unbalanced Nature. Peter White is Professor of Biology (Emeritus) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Sassan Saatchi is senior scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology and adjunct professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Jérôme Chave is director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Toulouse, France.

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"Winner of the Dartmouth Medal for Outstanding Reference Work, American Library Association"

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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

  1. 5/5 Ronny J

    Bra sammanfattande bok om alla aspekter på vad skog är och kanske inte kommer att vara. De skogstyper som tas upp är väl valda och hur de fungerar beskrivs på ett sätt som går att förstå. Mycket fint illustrerad.

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