The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature

The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature

<b> A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forest--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pen/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award <br /></b><p><b>Look out for David Haskell's new book, <i>The Songs of Tree: Stories From Nature's Great Connectors</i>, coming in April of 2017</b></p><p>In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one- square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life.</p><p>Each of this book's short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a brilliant web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands- sometimes millions-of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that order the creatures and plants that call it home.</p><p>Written with remarkable grace and empathy, <i>The Forest Unseen</i> is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Haskell is a perfect guide into the world that exists beneath our feet and beyond our backyards.</p><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>