Finding the mother tree : discovering the wisdom of the forest
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
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Book
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348 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English

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General Note
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index.
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Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel Carson, hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound. Her work has influenced filmmakers (the Tree of Souls of James Cameron's Avatar) and her TED talks have been viewed by more than 10 million people worldwide. Now, in her first book, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees, in which she brilliantly illuminates the fascinating and vital truths--that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that different from our own. Simard writes--in inspiring, illuminating, and accessible ways--how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved, how they perceive one another, learn and adapt their behaviors, recognize neighbors, and remember the past; how they have agency about the future; elicit warnings and mount defenses, compete and cooperate with one another with sophistication, characteristics ascribed to human intelligence, traits that are the essence of civil societies--and at the center of it all, the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them. --from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Simard, S. (2021). Finding the mother tree: discovering the wisdom of the forest (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simard, S. 2021. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simard, S. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Simard, S. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

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