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旅行在樹梢:七棵樹的故事,與一個生態學家的二十年樹冠層研究筆記 谷歌图书 豆瓣
Travelling on the Treetops: The Stories From Seven Trees and Field Notes by a Canopy Ecologist in the Past Two Decades
作者: 藍永翔 春山出版 2025 - 5 其它标题: 旅行在樹梢
在樹冠層展開的旅程
從臺灣到北美,解開巨木與森林的興衰
對我來說,爬樹是一個和樹溝通的過程。尤其是當我先鋒攀登(lead climb)的時候,上攀的過程裡在不同的枝條之間轉換,在轉換的過程裡去觀察這棵樹的形態和生態,瞭解他的「個性」,以及他的生命歷程。當我懂的層面愈多,能看出的故事就愈多。
每一棵樹對我來說都是不一樣的個體,有著不同的氣質。最早的時候,我是爬上樹看周圍的風景,後來才漸漸明白,樹本身就是一個「風景」。──藍永翔
從七棵樹的故事展開樹與森林的生命之旅。藍永翔為全球少數的研究樹冠層的科學家,在這些人當中女性更加稀少。從因有趣而開始攀樹做研究,大樹對藍永翔而言,彷彿是她在大地之上真正的家一樣。透過她與臺灣扁柏、臺灣雲杉、錫卡雲杉、花旗松、壯麗冷杉、世界爺與臺灣杉的相遇,我們將從不同角度認識每一棵生長數百年到數千年的巨木。
這是一本二十年的樹冠層研究筆記。藍永翔從臺灣扁柏開始攀樹的研究生涯,在臺灣雲杉上觀察物候變化,並擴及錫卡雲杉等各種雲杉家族,她深入花旗松的真菌世界,理解壯麗冷杉林的分解與循環,更從世界爺焦黑的樹皮探討林火與氣候變遷的課題,最終並體悟科學溝通的重要性,參與臺灣杉三姊妹甚至全球更多巨木的等比例照拍攝計畫。
在藍永翔的樹冠層旅程,我們不僅瞭解大樹奧妙的有機體世界,更體會到,森林之美即便只是人的浪漫想像,但也飽含超越人類尺度的生命奧義。在一座森林裡面閱讀生老病死,學習大道循環,原來樹木不僅僅是在活著的時候用年輪書寫著日記,在其死亡之後,故事仍在繼續。
Traces: The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator Goodreads
作者: Patricia Wiltshire Blink Publishing 2019 - 7
Professor Patricia Wiltshire will take you on a journey through the fascinating edgeland where nature and crime are intertwined. She'll take you searching for bodies of loved ones - through woodlands, along hedgerows, field-edges, and through plantations - solving time since death, and disposal of remains, from ditches to living rooms. She will give you glimpses of her own history: her loves, her losses, and the narrow little valley in Wales where she first woke up to the wonders of the natural world. Pat will show you how her work with a microscope reveals tell-tale traces of the world around us, and how these have taken suspects of the darkest criminal activities to court.

From flowers, fungi, tree trunks to car pedals, walking boots, carpets, and corpses' hair, Traces is a unique book on life, death, and one's indelible link with nature.