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Cottonwood and the river of time : on trees, evolution, and society / Reinhard F. Stettler.

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Stettler, R. F. (Reinhard Friedrich), 1929-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Poplar > Adaptation.
Poplar > Evolution.
Poplar > Genetics.
Trees > Evolution.
Trees > Economic aspects.
Human-plant relationships.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: The tree and the river. The tree
  • The river
  • Regeneration
  • Water and nutrient relations
  • Perpetuate and proliferate!
  • -- Part 2: Variation and variability. Clones
  • Why sex?
  • Password?
  • Natural hybridization
  • -- Part 3: From species to population to genes. Common gardens
  • Transplanted trees
  • Getting closer to the genes
  • Migrant trees
  • Adaptation and its limits
  • -- Part 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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