Summary of Ben Rawlence's The Treeline

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#1 The British Isles were once covered in a forest, but it was cut down by humans.

#2 The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly, and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#3 The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly, and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#4 The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly and spread rapidly across Scotland.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350039726

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The British Isles were once covered in a forest, but it was cut down by humans.

#2

The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly, and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#3

The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly, and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#4

The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#5

The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly, and spread rapidly across Scotland. The green hills sheer into the black depths of the loch.

#6

The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#7

The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#8

The first wave of vegetative cover after the last ice age in Britain resulted in a patchy forest that was dominated by the birch. The pine tree arrived suddenly and spread rapidly across Scotland.

#9

Pines use monoterpenes to send signals to each other, and they can detect the presence of other trees. They see space in polygons, growing away from their neighbors and toward the light,