附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.
Foreword / Robert Michael Pyle -- pt. I. Babes in the woods. Forest, a living being. Spring comes to the forest. Lost prairie. Indian summer. Rains came. Trial by fire. To skin a hummingbird. Babes in the woods. Better way. Troubled seasons. Ellis barn. Saddleback? saddlebag? saddle bag? saddle? Where are we? Even fairy tales end -- pt. II. Evolution of an ecologist. Evolution of an ecologist. Hiatus -- pt. III. Phoenix. Out of the ashes. New eden? Community of life. Birds. Mammals. Murphy Road -- pt. IV. Essence of the forest. Search for the essence. Mosquitoes and their ilk. Wasp-waisted beauties.