Cottonwood and the river of time [electronic resource] : on trees, evolution, and society / Reinhard F. Stettler.

1: The tree and the river
The tree
The river
Regeneration
Water and nutrient relations
Perpetuate and proliferate!
2: Variation and variability
Clones
Why sex?
Password?
Natural hybridization
3: From species to population to genes
Common gardens
Transplanted trees
Getting closer to the genes
Migrant trees
Adaptation and its limits
4: Trees and society
Changing rivers
changing landscapes
The dawn of agriculture
The farmer's trees
From farmers' trees to tree farms
Poplar
a model tree
Tree genomics and beyond
Between old growth and plantations
The essence of trees
Outlook.