Trees: Their Natural History
"Affable study...packed with information and peppered with interesting facts...clean, upbeat prose."   Publishers Weekly"Thomas has the wonderful ability to mix in the odd but interesting fact to illustrate key ideas, all while maintaining a readable style...Trees is highly recommended, a fundamental book for all university libraries.  Undergraduates through professionals."   Choice"...this book was a pleasure to read.  I will order it for my forest ecology class."   The Quarterly Review of Biology"Written for non-specialists, this book provides a pleasantly readable introduction to what is known about trees. Well-written. A fine book for any library."    Northeastern Naturalist"[V]ery good, interesting and loaded with an impressive amount of information...pleasant to read and refreshing. The sense of humour of Dr. Thomas certainly has a lot to do with that.  The book is without question a must for all undergraduate students interested in any aspect of tree biology and evolution."   Ecoscience