Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
by Lowman, Margaret D
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300078188
- ISBN 13
- 9780300078183
- Seller
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About This Item
New Haven, USA : Yale University Press, 1999. Not Stated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting (apart from Library stamps) Very faint foxing on half-title page and a smudged mark on front free endpaper, text free of foxing Top edge has some foxing, other edges are clean Ex-library with only sign of such is a card envelope on front free endpaper Boards a little bumped at bottom and top of spine Forest canopies have been characterized as one of the last biotic frontiers on Earth: tree crowns have been difficult to study scientifically because access to them has been so challenging. During the past two decades, however, methods for canopy access have greatly improved. In this book a pioneer canopy scientist describes the mysteries of the treetops--their inhabitants, flowers and fruits, growth and mortality, patterns of diversity, and plant and animal interactions. Margaret Lowman writes about different canopy access techniques in conjunction with the scientific hypotheses she was addressing while using each one. She also portrays the life of a field biologist from a woman's perspective: what it was like to juggle a demanding career with marriage, housewifery, motherhood, and single parenthood.
The chapters are organized chronologically, starting with Lowman's early days with ropes in Australia and progressing to the use of a cherry picker to access the canopies of eucalypt trees while she was pregnant, research by hot-air balloon in Africa, and building treetop walkways in the temperate forests of Massachusetts and in the tropical rain forests of Belize. The book also includes a lovely array of line drawings and halftones. Some b & w photos and illustrations
The chapters are organized chronologically, starting with Lowman's early days with ropes in Australia and progressing to the use of a cherry picker to access the canopies of eucalypt trees while she was pregnant, research by hot-air balloon in Africa, and building treetop walkways in the temperate forests of Massachusetts and in the tropical rain forests of Belize. The book also includes a lovely array of line drawings and halftones. Some b & w photos and illustrations
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- Seller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 54476
- Title
- Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
- Author
- Lowman, Margaret D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Stated
- ISBN 10
- 0300078188
- ISBN 13
- 9780300078183
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, USA
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 219
- Keywords
- Botany & Botanists trees, biology, forests, field biologist
- X weight
- 450.000 kg
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
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