Cottonwood and the river of time : on trees, evolution, and society /

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"Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world. With a lifetime of work in forestry and genetics to guide him, Reinhard Stettler celebrates both what has been learned and what still remains a mystery as he exami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stettler, R. F. (Reinhard Friedrich), 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Poplar > Adaptation.
Poplar > Evolution.
Poplar > Genetics.
Trees > Evolution.
Trees > Economic aspects.
Human-plant relationships.
Peuplier > Adaptation.
Peuplier > Évolution.
Arbres > Évolution.
Arbres > Aspect économique.
Relations homme-plante.
NATURE > Plants > General.
NATURE > Plants > Trees.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1: The tree and the river
  • The tree
  • The river
  • Regeneration
  • Water and nutrient relations
  • Perpetuate and proliferate!
  • 2: Variation and variability
  • Clones
  • Why sex?
  • Password?
  • Natural hybridization
  • 3: From species to population to genes
  • Common gardens
  • Transplanted trees
  • Getting closer to the genes
  • Migrant trees
  • Adaptation and its limits
  • 4: Trees and society
  • Changing rivers
  • changing landscapes
  • The dawn of agriculture
  • The farmer's trees
  • From farmers' trees to tree farms
  • Poplar
  • a model tree
  • Tree genomics and beyond
  • Between old growth and plantations
  • The essence of trees
  • Outlook.

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