Nature's Temples: A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests Revised and Expanded

✍ Scribed by Joan Maloof

Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 233
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservation

Standing in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans. These ancient, undisturbed ecosystems are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. Nature’s Temples explores the science and alchemy of old-growth forests and makes a compelling case for their protection.

Many foresters are proponents of forest management, while ecologists and conservation biologists believe that the healthiest forests are those we leave alone. Joan Maloof brings together the scientific data we have about old-growth forests, drawing on diverse fields of study to explain the ecological differences among forests of various ages. She describes the life forms and relationships that make old-growth forests unique―from salamanders and micro-snails to plants that communicate through fungi―and reveals why human attempts to manage forests can never replicate nature’s sublime handiwork. This revised and expanded edition also sheds new light on the special role forests play in removing carbon from the atmosphere and shares what we know about the interplay between wildfires and ancient forests.

With drawings by Andrew Joslin that illustrate scientific concepts and capture the remarkable beauty of ancient trees, Nature’s Temples invites you to discover the power of these fragile realms that are so inextricably connected to our planet, our fellow species, and our spirits.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. What Is an Old-Growth Forest?
2. The History of Forests
3. The Oldest Trees
4. Birds in the Forest
5. Amphibians in the Forest
6. Snails in the Forest
7. Insects in the Forest
8. Herbaceous Plants in the Forest
9. Mosses in the Forest
10. Fungi in the Forest
11. Lichens in the Forest
12. Worms in the Forest
13. Mammals in the Forest
14. Humans and the Forest
15. Forests and Water
16. Forests and Carbon
17. Fire in the Forest
18. The Largest Trees
Source Notes
Index

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