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# A Natural History of Conifers

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    GREAT Book On The Biology Of Conifers
  

*by 0***P on Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2016*

I came into possession of this book in the strangest way ... but I'm so glad I did!  I asked a botanist for a book that would help me with tree systematics (identifucation)  and this book was recommended. It was a little strange to make the purchase, because i was really looking for info on oak and birch trees.  And secondly, it just so happened ... that i had found some very unique conifer trees on the tops of the southern Andes mountains, and i really wanted to identify them. So what the heck, i bought the book.  What a pleasure, when it arrived!!  Author Aljos Farjon has done a terrific job of describing conifer trees, how they have evolved and changed over time, and how the various aspects of their biology ... produce the tree that is standing in front of you today.  Furthermore, the book is very readable, and the color plates are high quality.  i was encouraged to discover that I could identify which Family 'my tree' in the Andes belonged to ...  it didnt take long at all. This book is Highly Recommended if you have an interest in conifers, tree identification, tree biology ... or you just love trees.  Big thanks to the author!

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    I wanted to like this book more than I did.
  

*by J***P on Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2009*

This book fills a gap in the popular literature on conifers:  there's really a strong need for a comprehensive review of the natural history of conifers.  But if that's what you are looking for, you will be disappointed here. Still, this volume has some strengths.Some of the high points of this text:  (1) There a many photos of species where it is difficult to find good photographs; most notably of the Southern hemisphere species.  It is almost worth keeping the book on my shelves just for the "tree porn".  (2) Again, it is really the Southern species where this book really provides new details.  If you are looking for a work that discusses the new finds in Indo-China or New Caledonia this is a book not to be missed.Where I was disappointed:  (1) Most notably, this book is in dire need of editorial coherence.  It reads mostly like a collection of magazine articles that have been very lightly reshaped into a thematic structure.  This book really would have benefited from a more disciplined analytic structure.  (2) I really wanted to see more sustained discussion of the evolutionary linkages of the conifers--especially in reference to Northern hemisphere species.  There's bits and pieces here (even chapters with titles that look like they will provide the sustained analysis that I'm looking for) but the discussions are just so scattered as to be frustrating.In short, this is the type of book that you can open up at almost any point and start reading--and that's not necessarily a good thing.  Again, I really wanted to like this book more than I did.

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    paleobotanic
  

*by G***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2010*

I bought this book through my interest in paleobotany.I have read Beck's classic on gymnosperm evolution so this did not add much from this point of view nor fossil wise.But I was fascinated by the use of pylogeny and morphology as against pure genetic studies which rule the day elsewhere.In conifers they just have not worked as yet!And perhaps this is a good thing.More and more botanists are criticising the laborotory pundits who don't even know what the plant they are studying the genes of looks like!Field work like that of the author is very impressive and was in days gone by ,de riguer!So much can be gleaned from the simple contact with the plants.Touch and observation are far from obsolete.I would like to have known a bit more about araucariaceae in the nothern hemisphere continent of Laurasia.We are not told that it was a species close to Araucaria heterophylla that occured in this area.Any others?Wollemia,Agathis?But otherwise an excellent book written with and from great passion!A few spelling mistakes though which is most unlike this publisher.

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