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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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Cover -- About the Author and Praise -- Also by the Author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- TEN TIPS OF FIELD BIOLOGY FOR EVERY ASPIRING ARBORNAUT -- PROLOGUE -- 1: FROM WILDFLOWER TO WALLFLOWER -- American Elm (Ulmus americana) -- 2: BECOMING A FOREST DETECTIVE -- My Favorite Birches (Betula papyrifera, B. pendula, and B. pubescens) -- 3: ONE HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR -- Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum) -- 4: WHO ATE MY LEAVES? -- Giant Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide excelsa) -- 5: DIEBACK IN THE OUTBACK -- New England Peppermint (Eucalyptus nova-anglica) |
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6: HITTING THE GLASS CANOPY -- Figs (Ficus spp.) -- 7: ARBORNAUTS FOR A WEEK -- The Great Kapok Tree (Ceiba pentandra) -- 8: TIGER TRACKS, TREE LEOPARDS, AND VEDIPPALA FRUITS -- Vedippala (Cullenia exarillata) -- 9: A TREETOP BIOBLITZ -- Dark Red Meranti (Shorea curtisii) -- 10: BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN PRIESTS AND ARBORNAUTS -- Red Stinkwood or African Cherry (Prunus africana) -- 11: CLASSROOMS IN THE SKY-FOR EVERYONE! -- Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) -- 12: CAN WE SAVE OUR LAST, BEST FORESTS? -- GLOSSARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
| Summary |
Nicknamed the 'Real-Life Lorax' by National Geographic, the botanist and conservationist Meg Lowman takes us on an adventure into the eighth continent of the world's treetops, along her journey as a scientist, and into climate action |
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Lowman, Margaret.
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| SUBJECT |
Lowman, Margaret fast |
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Plant ecologists -- United States -- Biography
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Botanists -- United States -- Biography
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Women botanists -- United States -- Biography
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Rain forest ecology -- Research
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Forest canopy ecology -- Research
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Botanists
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Forest canopy ecology -- Research
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Plant ecologists
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Rain forest ecology -- Research
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Women botanists
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781761062346 |
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1761062344 |
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