Bibliograph

The arbornaut, a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us, Meg Lowman

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The arbornaut, a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us, Meg Lowman

Language

eng

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autobiography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The arbornaut

Oclc number

1182575714

Responsibility statement

Meg Lowman

Sub title

a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us

Summary

"Biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman-aka "Canopy Meg"-takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Sylvia A. Earle -- Ten tips of field biology for every aspiring arbornaut -- Prologue: How to see the whole tree (and what that means for the forest) -- From wildflower to wallflower : a girl naturalist in rural America -- Becoming a forest detective : first encounters with temperate trees from New England to Scotland -- One hundred feet in the air : finding a way to study leaves in the Australian rain forests -- Who ate my leaves? : tracking -- and discovering! -- Australian insects -- Dieback in the outback : juggling marriage and investigations of gum tree death in Australia's sheep country -- Hitting the glass canopy : how Strangler figs and Tall poppies taught me to survive as a woman in science -- Arbornauts for a week : citizen scientists explore the Amazon jungles -- Tiger tracks, tree leopards, and Vedippala fruits : exporting my toolkit to train arbornauts in India -- A treetop bioblitz : counting 1,659 species in Malaysia's tropical forests in ten days -- Building trust between priests and arbornauts : saving the forests of Ethiopia, one church at a time -- Classrooms in the sky -- for everyone! : wheelchairs and water bears in the treetops -- Can we save our last, best forests? : promoting conservation through Mission Green

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