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Titre :
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Cottonwood and the river of time : On trees, evolution, and society
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Auteurs :
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R. F. Stettler
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Type de document :
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ouvrage
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Editeur :
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Seattle [USA] : University of Washington Press, 2009
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-0-295-98880-1
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Format :
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xiv, 301 p. / ill. / 23 cm
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Langues :
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= Anglais
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Index. décimale :
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583.65 = Fagales
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Mots-clés :
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COTTONWOOD
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RIVER OF TIME
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EVOLUTION
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SOCIETY
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TREES
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Note de contenu :
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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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