Table of Contents
Foreword Tim Flannery vii
Introduction to the English Edition x
Introduction xiii
1 Friendships 1
2 The Language of Trees 6
3 Social Security 14
4 Love 19
5 The Tree Lottery 25
6 Slowly Does It 31
7 Forest Etiquette 37
8 Tree School 43
9 United We Stand, Divided We Fall 49
10 The Mysteries of Moving Water 56
11 Trees Aging Gracefully 60
12 Mighty Oak or Mighty Wimp? 68
13 Specialists 73
14 Tree or Not Tree? 79
15 In the Realm of Darkness 85
16 Carbon Dioxide Vacuums 93
17 Woody Climate Control 99
18 The Forest as Water Pump 105
19 Yours or Mine? 113
20 Community Housing Projects 125
21 Mother Ships of Biodiversity 131
22 Hibernation 136
23 A Sense of Time 147
24 A Question of Character 151
25 The Sick Tree 155
26 Let There Be Light 162
27 Street Kids 169
28 Burnout 180
29 Destination North! 186
30 Tough Customers 195
31 Turbulent Times 201
32 Immigrants 211
33 Healthy Forest Air 221
34 Why Is the Forest Green? 227
35 Set Free 233
36 More Than Just a Commodity 241
Note from a Forest Scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard 247
Acknowledgments 251
Notes 252
Index 261