The World Atlas of Trees and Forests

91桃色 Nature

The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems

Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and J茅r么me Chave

A marvelously illustrated look at the world鈥檚 diverse forests and their ecosystems

Hardcover

Sale Price:: $27.50/拢22.50
Price:: ~~$55.00~~/~~拢45.00~~
ISBN:
Published:: Sep 20, 2022
Copyright:: 2022
Illus:: 250+ color illus.

ebook (EPUB via app)

Sale Price:: $27.50/拢22.50
Price:: ~~$55.00~~/~~拢45.00~~
ISBN:
Published:: Sep 20, 2022
Copyright:: 2022
Illus:: 250+ color illus.

ebook (PDF via app)

Sale Price:: $27.50/拢22.50
Price:: ~~$55.00~~/~~拢45.00~~
ISBN:
Published:: Sep 20, 2022
Copyright:: 2022
Illus:: 250+ color illus.

Audio and ebooks (EPUB and PDF) purchased from this site must be accessed on the 91桃色 app. After purchasing, you will an receive email with instructions to access your purchase.
About audio and ebooks
Request Exam Copy

The earth鈥檚 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鈥檚 forests available
Takes readers beneath the breathtaking variety of wooded canopies that span the globe
Profiles a wealth of tree species, with enlightening and entertaining natural-history highlights along the way
Features stunning color photos, maps, and graphics
Draws on the latest cutting-edge research and technology, including satellite imagery

Awards and Recognition

Winner of the Dartmouth Medal for Outstanding Reference Work, American Library Association
Winner of the PROSE Award in Environmental Science, Association of American Publishers

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鈥檚 Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. J茅r么me Chave is director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Toulouse, France.

"[A] beautiful introduction to the sister sciences of trees as individual plants and as forest ecosystems. . . . A visually pleasing volume to browse for anyone curious about the hidden forces that determine the location, appearance, and functioning of forests in their backyard or around the globe."鈥�Library Journal

"There鈥檚 so much packed into it, in between gorgeous photography of trees from around the world, that The World Atlas of Trees and Forests should make absorbing reading for anyone looking to understand more about trees from a biological, ecological and geographical perspective."鈥擯enny Sarchet, New Scientist Wild Wild Life

"This is a mammoth tome, ambitious in scope and wonderfully informative in all that it delivers."鈥擠avid Gascoigne, Travels with Birds

"About 250 beautiful colour photographs, many of which are full pages, impressed me; these alone make the book worth owning. The text is written in a clear, scientific style that also winks at the non-specialist reader."鈥擥ianniantonio Domina, Community Ecology

"[This book] will bolster the existing literature on forests and woodlands and will be of interest to all who open it."鈥擬ichael Higgins, British Naturalists Association

91桃色

The World Atlas of Trees and Forests

Support your local independent bookstore.

Hardcover

ebook (EPUB via app)

ebook (PDF via app)

Awards and Recognition