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Acontecem coisas espantosas na floresta: árvores que comunicam entre si (enviando sinais elétricos através de uma rede subterrânea de fungos). Árvores que cuidam não só dos seus rebentos como também dos seus «vizinhos» doentes e velhos ou órfãos. Árvores que têm sensibilidade, sentimentos e memórias. Incrível? Mas é verdade! O silvicultor Peter Wohlleben conta histórias fa..more
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You may be a researcher, but my take is that this book's readers are not basic science 'lab rats', but instead are a lay audience, who may have never before heard of or considered trees as social beings with senses and awareness and the ability to protect themselves against mobile foes who can cause them harm. I've heard this premise before and find it intriguing, which is why I picked it up to learn more about this fascinating topic. So what if it's anthropomorphic and charming in the telling? If he had gone the direction you suggest, it would not have had the appeal to his lay readers. I’m still reading the book, and am quite interested in continuing. Lighten up.
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You may be a researcher, but my take is that this book's readers are not basic science 'lab rats', but instead are a lay audience, who may have never before heard of or considered trees as social beings with senses and awareness and the ability to protect themselves against mobile foes who can cause them harm. I've heard this premise before and find it intriguing, which is why I picked it up to learn more about this fascinating topic. So what if it's anthropomorphic and charming in the telling? If he had gone the direction you suggest, it would not have had the appeal to his lay readers. I’m still reading the book, and am quite interested in continuing. Lighten up.
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Dec 16, 2016Chrissie rated it it was ok · review of another edition Shelves: fauna, science, canada, flora, 2016-read, germany, audible-uk
I do recommend reading this book, even though I have given it only two stars! Remember two stars is a book that is OK! Read it for the new and interesting information it contains.
The book reports up-to-date information about the complex, symbiotic networks underlying communication between trees. It stresses that trees should be seen not as separate entities but rather as parts of a community where individuals are aware of their neighbors, relate to them, communicate with them and help each othe..more
The book reports up-to-date information about the complex, symbiotic networks underlying communication between trees. It stresses that trees should be seen not as separate entities but rather as parts of a community where individuals are aware of their neighbors, relate to them, communicate with them and help each othe..more
Feb 10, 2017Cathrine ☯️ rated it really liked it · review of another edition
3.75★ If a tree falls in the forest there are other trees listening.
The first time I fell hard for a tree was in the Sequoia National Forest standing at the base of General Sherman. I was always a treehugger in my head but at that moment I was literally a treehugger. If you’ve never gazed up at one of the giants you are missing out on one of the earth’s wonders.
[I don’t know these people but it was wiser to post their picture than mine because it’s not legal to step over that barrier and get so..more
The first time I fell hard for a tree was in the Sequoia National Forest standing at the base of General Sherman. I was always a treehugger in my head but at that moment I was literally a treehugger. If you’ve never gazed up at one of the giants you are missing out on one of the earth’s wonders.
[I don’t know these people but it was wiser to post their picture than mine because it’s not legal to step over that barrier and get so..more
Jun 17, 2017Matthias rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
As humans, daft creatures that we are, we are predisposed to look at where the action is. Swift movements, loud noises and bright colours capture our attention. Maybe this stems from our primitive instinct for survival, allowing us to spot the dangers darting in our general direction. Or it could be the result of our desire to procreate that can't make us look past flaunted flesh and luscious lips. Whatever the reasons, at some point we have begun to think in terms of foreground and background...more
Jul 02, 2018☘Misericordia☘ ~ The Serendipity Aegis ~ ⚡ϟ⚡ϟ⚡⛈ ✺❂❤❣ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Q: Trees are very social beings, and they help each other out. (c)
If even 10% of this is true, we live in a mode diverse world than we ever imagined.
Wood-wide-webs, allowing social interation between trees.
Trees in friendship, feeding, hugging and warning each other.
Trees having sense of taste and smell, talking to each other via sound waves of particular wavelengths.
Tree lottery.. Forest etiquette.. Only a true lover of all things natural could have come up with such poetic topics to disc..more
Apr 15, 2019Darwin8u rated it really liked it · review of another editionIf even 10% of this is true, we live in a mode diverse world than we ever imagined.
Wood-wide-webs, allowing social interation between trees.
Trees in friendship, feeding, hugging and warning each other.
Trees having sense of taste and smell, talking to each other via sound waves of particular wavelengths.
Tree lottery.. Forest etiquette.. Only a true lover of all things natural could have come up with such poetic topics to disc..more
Shelves: european, enviornmentalism, 2019, nonfiction, science
“An organism that is too greedy and takes too much without giving anything in return destroys what it needs for life.”
― Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben has written a beautiful book on trees. He captures the imagination and translates his vision well. Like many science books for the masses he takes a good deal of information and distills it well for the amateur forester and part-time tree-hugger. The only reason I give this book four stars and not five is because his big..more
― Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben has written a beautiful book on trees. He captures the imagination and translates his vision well. Like many science books for the masses he takes a good deal of information and distills it well for the amateur forester and part-time tree-hugger. The only reason I give this book four stars and not five is because his big..more
Mar 18, 2017Francisco rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
You can read this for the science or, like me, for how it helped me see. We are always in need of books that part the curtains of the familiar, the stuff we walk around and take for granted. In this case trees, all around us, the beings who help us breathe. It turns out they compete and cooperate and communicate, they form alliances and have processes that we are hard call to name so we must resort to words like grief and love. If you are non-scientific like me, or even if you are, you will be t..more
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David rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: ecology, nonfiction, biology
Peter Wohlleben has written a wonderful little book about trees. He is a forester; he manages a forest in Germany. He must do a wonderful job, as he has amazing insights into the life of trees and tree society.
Did I say society? Yes, trees communicate with each other, nurture their young, and aid the ill when disease or distress strikes. Does this sound unlikely? Well, it sounded a bit over-the-top to me, until I started reading this book. Forests are superorganisms that exchange nutrients throu..more
Did I say society? Yes, trees communicate with each other, nurture their young, and aid the ill when disease or distress strikes. Does this sound unlikely? Well, it sounded a bit over-the-top to me, until I started reading this book. Forests are superorganisms that exchange nutrients throu..more
Apr 13, 2016Andrew rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Tolkien was right. Trees live in the sloooooow lane (imagine healing a skin wound over decades) but what lives they lead! They have incredible social networks, share food, rear children, and care for the ill. Yes, there's some anthropomorphization here, but still..
When evolution has figured out how to tell time and talk to one another, you wish the trees could also talk to us and tell their stories. Peter Wohlleben has come pretty close to speaking for them and I will never look at trees the sa..more
When evolution has figured out how to tell time and talk to one another, you wish the trees could also talk to us and tell their stories. Peter Wohlleben has come pretty close to speaking for them and I will never look at trees the sa..more
Jun 09, 2017Tony rated it really liked it · review of another edition
My father’s father was a legendary grafter of trees. So I was told. He died a few years before I sprouted so I never knew him. But my father, who had a sense of wonder at the way things worked, learned the art; and so, I was able to see a peach tree that had one branch full of plums; and he grafted a white dogwood to a pink one. No reason. Just to show he could. This technique, like many mechanical things, was not passed on to the next generation.
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Oct 27, 2016Cheri rated it really liked it · review of another edition
“We read in fairy tales of trees with human faces, trees that can talk, and sometimes walk. This enchanted forest is the kind of place, I feel sure, that Peter Wohlleben inhabits. His deep understanding of the lives of trees, reached through decades of careful observation and study, reveals a world so astonishing that if you read his book, I believe that forests will become magical places for you, too.”
”The electrical impulses that pass through the roots of trees, for example, move at the slow..more
Jan 08, 2017Matthew Quann rated it it was ok · review of another edition”The electrical impulses that pass through the roots of trees, for example, move at the slow..more
Shelves: audiobooks, worldly, science
If you've ever pondered the thought experiment in which a tree falls in an empty forest and the sound of its fall is in limbo, Peter Wohlleben's nonfiction might be for you. Quite simply, the sound would be heard, according to Wohlleben, because trees are able to interpret sound and communicate with one another. Not only that, Wohlleben attributes memory and thought to the stationary beings which most of us have long considered non-sentient. This is a book full of revelations about trees and ask..more
Jun 14, 2019da AL rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Fascinating info on how trees are a billion times more amazing than I imagined, swoon-worthy prose, fantastic audiobook performer!
Sep 01, 2018Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: read2018, science, nature, ebooks, hoopla, science-september
I was inspired to read this book after reading The Overstory by Richard Powers, to learn more about the science of trees.
Included are how trees communicate, migration patterns, how and why trees hibernate, their place in ecosystems and more. Wohlleben manages a forest in Germany and directly addresses some of the misinformation he learned in forestry classes.
The tone of the book and its translation is very popular in tone, which made me question the science, but he does seem to cite a lot of li..more
Included are how trees communicate, migration patterns, how and why trees hibernate, their place in ecosystems and more. Wohlleben manages a forest in Germany and directly addresses some of the misinformation he learned in forestry classes.
The tone of the book and its translation is very popular in tone, which made me question the science, but he does seem to cite a lot of li..more
Mar 31, 2019Simon Clark rated it it was ok · review of another edition
I really, really wanted to like this book. Ever since I can remember I've felt at home in the woods, with trees exuding a reassuring aura of safety. Woods are calm, quiet, clement places for me. Yet despite this affiliation I know next to nothing about trees, so it was a delight to have this book recommended to me.
Unfortunately that's roughly when the delight stopped. Perhaps I am the wrong person to review this book, as I've been used to scientific literature in entirely different - and more co..more
Unfortunately that's roughly when the delight stopped. Perhaps I am the wrong person to review this book, as I've been used to scientific literature in entirely different - and more co..more
May 28, 2018Ashlie rated it liked it · review of another edition
I am confused about this one. It started quite interestingly but gradually lost its joyous nature. After the 4th chapter it turned into a heavy, didactic plant biology/botany book. I felt like a freshman without enthusiasm, and decided to use the book as a reference.
In the first three sections one can feel the writer`s enthusiasm for the trees. I liked the part `Final Road to Modernity` where he shares his view on the order in nature and the phylogenetic tree. He emphasizes how related we all a..more
In the first three sections one can feel the writer`s enthusiasm for the trees. I liked the part `Final Road to Modernity` where he shares his view on the order in nature and the phylogenetic tree. He emphasizes how related we all a..more
Sep 26, 2016Richard Reese rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
As a young lad in Germany, Peter Wohlleben loved nature. He went to forestry school, and became a wood ranger. At this job, he was expected to produce as many high quality saw logs as possible, with maximum efficiency, by any means necessary. His tool kit included heavy machinery and pesticides. This was forest mining, an enterprise that ravaged the forest ecosystem and had no long-term future. He oversaw a plantation of trees lined up in straight rows, evenly spaced. It was a concentration camp..more
Jan 04, 2017Eleanor rated it it was ok · review of another edition
I was disappointed by this book, perhaps unfairly. My main problem was with the language, and specifically the frequent use of slang, which detracted from what was supposed to be a readable but serious look at how trees in forests interact. I assume that this is down to the translator rather than the author, but would need to have that confirmed by someone who has read the German original. Words like 'critters', 'buddies' (referring to trees growing near one another) and 'little guys' were inten..more
Jul 26, 2017Paul E. Morph rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This is an absolutely fascinating book. It shows a side to trees that will blow your mind (unless you're a smartypants and know it all already.. but I'm pretty sure those people are in the minority).
The only criticism I have of the book is that the author does go off on the pure speculation bus every now and then, leaving the hard science at the station. It wasn't a problem for me as I'm used to reading scientific works and am pretty good at separating the facts from the flights of fancy. Folks..more
The only criticism I have of the book is that the author does go off on the pure speculation bus every now and then, leaving the hard science at the station. It wasn't a problem for me as I'm used to reading scientific works and am pretty good at separating the facts from the flights of fancy. Folks..more
Apr 10, 2018Science (Fiction) Comedy Horror and Fantasy Geek/Nerd rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Maybe the tree huggers are right.
Please note that I put the original German text at the end of this review. Just if you might be interested.
The communication network of plants and especially trees is highly sophisticated. Solitary or only annual growing plants do not approach the complexity of the papermaking base stock. Due to their root system and their size, trees are predestined for a key position. They communicate with each other via fragrances and warn each other of pests. This causes the..more
Please note that I put the original German text at the end of this review. Just if you might be interested.
The communication network of plants and especially trees is highly sophisticated. Solitary or only annual growing plants do not approach the complexity of the papermaking base stock. Due to their root system and their size, trees are predestined for a key position. They communicate with each other via fragrances and warn each other of pests. This causes the..more
Oct 19, 2017Laure rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A must read! An absolute gem of a book. I might be biaised as I am what people would call a 'tree hugger'. I am sorry I did not come across this book earlier in my life. As someone who last studied ecosystems in the 80's as part of the 'normal' school curriculum, this was truly enlightening.
I would recommend buying this book for all budding teenage scientists/biologists out there (and older ones of course). It is a very easy read and packed with invaluable information about our forests.
I would recommend buying this book for all budding teenage scientists/biologists out there (and older ones of course). It is a very easy read and packed with invaluable information about our forests.
Sep 02, 2017Margie rated it really liked it · review of another edition
4.5 stars
Have you ever praised or hugged or talked to a tree? If you have, you are communicating with it more than you know. In his short poem, 'Trees,' for which he became well known, Joyce Kilmer expressed his wonder and love for these magnificent beings:
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins i..more
Sep 28, 2016Bam rated it really liked it · review of another editionHave you ever praised or hugged or talked to a tree? If you have, you are communicating with it more than you know. In his short poem, 'Trees,' for which he became well known, Joyce Kilmer expressed his wonder and love for these magnificent beings:
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins i..more
Shelves: 2016-reading-challenge, 2016-aty-reading-challenge, non-fiction, environment-nature, book-vipers-book-hunter
You will never view trees the same way again after reading this book. Peter Wohlleben is a German conservationist and forester who manages a forest in the Eifel Mountains and has observed the slow-lane growth habits of his beloved trees, the secret underground social network that they share, the diseases and other dangers that threaten their survival--and most importantly, how crucial it is for the survival of all of us to allow forests to reach old-growth status again.
I read this book as a com..more
Mar 12, 2017Dov Zeller rated it I read this book as a com..more
really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: non-fiction, trees-forests-tree-communities, health-related, fungi, climate-change, ecosystems, sciency-naturish
Do you want to learn about individualistic trees and community-minded trees? How different trees have evolved to communicate with each other and their environment and team up with their ecosystem to create a sustainable environment and protect themselves and others? Parental trees and teenager trees who, if their caretakers aren't around to facilitate their growth and educate them, grow too much too fast and, because they don't learn how to take care of themselves and live in moderation, die, in..more
Nov 25, 2017Vimal Thiagarajan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Just a few pages into the Hidden Life of Trees by forester Peter Wohlleben, the first thing that strikes anyone who picked the book up believing it would be an antidote to that 'Human---All-too-human' feeling that one gets with having too many human motives and fantasies underpinning the stories one reads, is that it just ISN'T.
Why? Apparently, there are arboreal denizens who talk to each other - both small talk and essential talk, make plans together - plans of procreation and family-building..more
Why? Apparently, there are arboreal denizens who talk to each other - both small talk and essential talk, make plans together - plans of procreation and family-building..more
Nov 29, 2017Caro the Helmet Lady rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I will quote Vonnegut to resume this book: God damn it, you've got to be kind to trees.
May 03, 2017aPriL does feral sometimes rated it really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: academic-notations, non-fiction, science, illuminating
'The Hidden Life of Trees' is a bit like Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, only more Big Picture. The author presents a science of forestry for the general reader in an entirely new paradigm for understanding forests - anthropomorphically. Trees are people, only a lot less mobile and with the outlook of beings who can live up to 500 years old.
Peter Wohlleben writes in a lively entertaining manner (as far as I know as my edition is translated from the original German to English). The author avoid..more
Dec 28, 2017Vishakha ~ ReadingSpren ~ rated it it was amazingPeter Wohlleben writes in a lively entertaining manner (as far as I know as my edition is translated from the original German to English). The author avoid..more
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· review of another edition Shelves: non-fiction, 2017
In lay terms, this is a hard-science book and none of the content is even remotely spiritual or mystical. Although one is forced to ask what separates science from spiritualism - it is not a debate for today. The hidden life of Trees is a book of hard science written evocatively by Peter Wohlleben. He paints a beautiful and mesmerizing picture of how life works in the 'slow' lane as he likes to call it.
Unbelievably profound, Wohlleben's findings are the result of patient observation of the fore..more
Unbelievably profound, Wohlleben's findings are the result of patient observation of the fore..more
Jan 11, 2019Sad Sunday (If I say it's bad, it's bad) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Perfect. Even if it's non fiction, P. Wohlleben manages to talk about trees with such grace, respect and passion that it moves even the harshest mind or heart and becomes a very meditative read. Author manages to put facts, common misunderstandings, new information, and his own point of view, and this all give a new face to 'popular science'. It's neither too fact heavy, or too loose - the harmony and balance is perfect. I hope this book will help us all to be more aware of trees and forests. Th..more
Nov 08, 2016Jimmy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A spruce in Sweden is more than 9,500 years old.
Electrical impulses pass through the roots of trees at the rate of one third of an inch per second. This is one of their many means of communication. They also use their sense of smell and taste. I didn't even know they had those senses.
If a giraffe starts eating an African acacia, the tree releases a chemical into the air that signals that a threat is at hand. Other trees 'smell' it and produce toxic chemicals.
Insect pests are dealt with differ..more
Electrical impulses pass through the roots of trees at the rate of one third of an inch per second. This is one of their many means of communication. They also use their sense of smell and taste. I didn't even know they had those senses.
If a giraffe starts eating an African acacia, the tree releases a chemical into the air that signals that a threat is at hand. Other trees 'smell' it and produce toxic chemicals.
Insect pests are dealt with differ..more
Oct 01, 2016Suzanne rated it did not like it · review of another edition
Don't buy this book. At first I thought that the prose was the fault of the translation from German to English. About 30 pages in, I realized that the book is poorly written, poorly edited, poorly translated, and then poorly edited again.
Chapters are anywhere from 3 to 8 pages, with most falling into the 3-5 range. Grand chapter titles with little information.
Very confusing science writing style. I am science literate, and I was confused with both the science he was trying to explain, and what..more
Chapters are anywhere from 3 to 8 pages, with most falling into the 3-5 range. Grand chapter titles with little information.
Very confusing science writing style. I am science literate, and I was confused with both the science he was trying to explain, and what..more
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Peter Wohlleben born in Bonn, 1964, is a German forester and author who writes on ecological themes in popular language.
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“When trees grow together, nutrients and water can be optimally divided among them all so that each tree can grow into the best tree it can be. If you 'help' individual trees by getting rid of their supposed competition, the remaining trees are bereft. They send messages out to their neighbors in vain, because nothing remains but stumps. Every tree now muddles along on its own, giving rise to great differences in productivity. Some individuals photosynthesize like mad until sugar positively bubbles along their trunk. As a result, they are fit and grow better, but they aren't particularly long-lived. This is because a tree can be only as strong as the forest that surrounds it. And there are now a lot of losers in the forest. Weaker members, who would once have been supported by the stronger ones, suddenly fall behind. Whether the reason for their decline is their location and lack of nutrients, a passing malaise, or genetic makeup, they now fall prey to insects and fungi.
But isn't that how evolution works? you ask. The survival of the fittest? Their well-being depends on their community, and when the supposedly feeble trees disappear, the others lose as well. When that happens, the forest is no longer a single closed unit. Hot sun and swirling winds can now penetrate to the forest floor and disrupt the moist, cool climate. Even strong trees get sick a lot over the course of their lives. When this happens, they depend on their weaker neighbors for support. If they are no longer there, then all it takes is what would once have been a harmless insect attack to seal the fate even of giants.” — 18 likes
But isn't that how evolution works? you ask. The survival of the fittest? Their well-being depends on their community, and when the supposedly feeble trees disappear, the others lose as well. When that happens, the forest is no longer a single closed unit. Hot sun and swirling winds can now penetrate to the forest floor and disrupt the moist, cool climate. Even strong trees get sick a lot over the course of their lives. When this happens, they depend on their weaker neighbors for support. If they are no longer there, then all it takes is what would once have been a harmless insect attack to seal the fate even of giants.”
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