by Suzanne Simard
Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard recounts her groundbreaking discovery that trees communicate and share resources through vast underground fungal networks she calls the 'wood wide web.' Part memoir, part scientific revelation, the book upends the view of forests as collections of competing individuals.
In this collection, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest references 4 other books.
It draws on Entangled Life, Silent Spring and The Selfish Gene.
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Directly complements Sheldrake's exploration of mycorrhizal networks, providing the scientific backstory of how fungal connections between trees were first discovered
Extends Carson's ecological vision of interconnectedness to reveal the underground networks through which forests function as cooperative superorganisms
Challenges Dawkins' selfish gene paradigm by demonstrating how trees share carbon and nutrients through fungal networks, favoring cooperation over competition
Provides ecological context for Kolbert's extinction narrative by showing how the destruction of old-growth forests severs the communication networks that sustain biodiversity
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