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Douglas W. Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.
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I suppose I had expected the book to focus more on the variety of oak species, their habitats, etc. Instead, Tallamy writes of the many birds and many (many!) insects that live on oaks. This is a book about oak trees as ecosystems. It's an original idea, but just didn't hold my attention as much as I might have supposed.
 
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Treebeard_404 | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 23, 2024 |
Feels like a companion book to Bringing Nature Home. About how important it is for everyone to do something to support wildlife, specifically “the small things that run the world”- the insects- because they are the base of so much other life on earth. It’s about why you should remove invasive plants- and exactly why they are so damaging to the environment, making entire systems collapse or become sterile- and what types of plants you should choose to replace them. The author reiterates over and over through this book which half a dozen shrub, perennial and tree species will provide food and shelter for the greatest number of insects, and thus birds (specifically to the Eastern United States). He points out that it doesn’t matter how small your yard is, or how few resources you have- just starting by removing one invasive, or by planting one native that feeds insects and/or birds, will start a change. Notes how even a small yard can be an oasis for wildlife in the middle of a built-up city, bringing in birds and other creatures from miles around. His biggest points seem to be: make your lawn smaller, plant more natives- but not just any native- ones that are keystone species- and remove as many destructive, invasive plants as you can. Other helpful tips about how to support native bees, and how to make a yard full of unfamiliar, native plants that others might call weeds, visually acceptable to the neighbors. It’s nice that in the back, the author has a kind of question-and-answer section, where he addresses common objections people have to making the changes to their yards and landscapes that he recommends. My copy is full of photographs, which I really appreciate, especially of all the birdlife and interesting caterpillars. It’s surprisingly heavy, though, as a physical object. The paper feels thick, the binding very sturdy. But I might have read it slower than usual, because sometimes it felt like such a weight in my hands.… (lisätietoja)
 
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jeane | 9 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jul 12, 2023 |
Tallamy writes books that make you appreciate the native nature around you and want to protect and enhance it. In this book, he focuses on Oak trees. When I saw this book (I think on Lois's thread?) I knew I'd love reading about the 3 white oak trees we have in our back yard. We have a small suburban yard that has two tiers. The upper tier has about a dozen enormous trees, White Oaks, American beeches, and Sweet Gum. Many of our neighbors have taken trees down, and I'm proud of our remaining trees that are beautiful, provide shade and privacy, and now I know support a ton of wildlife.

This book gets a little bogged down in caterpillars, but overall I found it really interesting to read about all the life that is sustained by an oak tree and a little about the life cycle of the tree.
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japaul22 | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 15, 2023 |
The Nature of Oaks is a quick and informative dive into the ecology of oaks. Tallamy takes on a yearlong guided tour and peek behind the scenes of what's happening to the oak in your backyard and reveals just how crucial oaks are to the ecosystem. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this.
 
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