The Mysteries of Nature Series Series

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   The hidden life of trees

   • Peter Wohlleben

   • 290 pages
   • 11 hours of reading

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   Sunday Times Bestseller 'A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement' Charles Foster Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September) Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. A walk in the woods will never be the same again.

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   The Inner Life of Animals

   • Peter Wohlleben

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   Can horses feel shame? Do deer grieve? Why do roosters deceive hens? We tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings but have you ever wondered what's going on in an animal's head? From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive, The Inner Life of Animals opens up the animal kingdom like never before. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares, and of a magpie who commits adultery; we meet bees that plan for the future, pigs who learn their own names and crows that go tobogganing for fun. And at last we find out why wasps exist.

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   The Secret Network of Nature

   • Peter Wohlleben

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   Did you know that trees can influence the rotation of the earth? Or that wolves can alter the course of a river? Or that earthworms control wild boar populations? The natural world is a web of intricate connections, many of which go unnoticed by humans. But it is these connections that maintain nature's finely balanced equilibrium. Drawing on the latest scientific discoveries and decades of experience as a forester and bestselling author, Peter Wohlleben shows us how different animals, plants, rivers, rocks and weather systems cooperate, and what's at stake when these delicate systems are unbalanced. The earth's ecosystems are too complex for us to compartmentalise and draw up simple rules of cause and effect; but The Secret Network of Nature gives us a chance to marvel at the inner workings and unlikely partnerships of the natural world, where every entity has its own distinct purpose. And the more light that is shed on relationships between species, the more fascinating nature's web becomes.

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   The Secret Network of Nature

   • Wohlleben Peter

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   An exploration of Earth's natural systems discusses how they influence each other, what happens when the system gets out of sync, and whether lifeforms can communicate across species boundaries

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   De geheime band tussen mens en natuur

   • Peter Wohlleben

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   Hebben mensen net als sommige dieren een zesde zintuig voor gevaar? Is het mogelijk dat ons reukorgaan superieur is aan de speurneus van de hond? Hoe kan het dat ons immuunsysteem op de kleuren en de geur van het bos reageert? En omgekeerd: kunnen bomen ademhalen? Is er zelfs een soort hartslag bij ze meetbaar? En moeten we planten misschien als intelligente wezens beschouwen? Opnieuw opent Peter Wohlleben ons de ogen aan de hand van de recentste wetenschappelijke inzichten en zijn eigen ervaringen over verbazingwekkende natuurverschijnselen. En hij laat ons zien dat de mensen in veel opzichten nauw verweven zijn met de natuur.

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