《森林之歌》·她是森林的女儿，生于斯长于斯。

　　从第一批女林务员到提出新观点的年轻女科学家，在女性备受歧视的领域，她屡遭排挤打压，仍抱着一腔热爱坚韧前行，成了广受认可的“树维网之母”、森林生态领域当之无愧的大咖。

　　·她曾痛失至亲，家庭破裂，也曾罹患重疾，是深爱的森林和家人好友给她力量，治愈创伤，助她恢复活力。

　　在这本书中，西马德讲述了自己的独特人生旅程。她的人生与探索森林隐秘地下网络的研究并行。森林中的树木与真菌互利互惠，构建一张错综复杂的“树维网”，就像我们的神经网络或者互联网一样，养分、水分都能通过它传递；树木之间借此交流信息，守望相助。树维网的中心是母亲树，它们用强大的力量连接并维持着周围所有的后代。在一片有活力、能自我复原的森林中，竞争关系并非永久的主题，树木之间、树木与真菌之间的合作关系远比我们想象中重要，利他才能自利。

　　人类同样如此，我们与亲人、爱人、朋友之间的关系交织成错综复杂的社会关系网络，为我们提供难能可贵的支撑和帮助，是我们前行中不断回顾和汲取能量的根源，也赋予我们治愈创伤的力量。

　　这本书会永远改变我们看待树木的方式，也提醒我们倍加珍视亲情、友情和爱情。

　　作者简介

　　苏珊娜·西玛德

　　森林生态学家，加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学林学系教授，美国生态学会、美国国家生态分析和综合中心成员，森林生态学领域最受赞誉及文章被引频次最多的科学家之一

　　她还是博士生时，关于“树维网”的开创性研究成果就登上《自然》封面，《纽约客》《环球邮》《泰晤士报》等知名媒体都刊登过对她的研究工作的报道

　　《阿凡达》里的灵魂之树就是源于她的研究，2019年普利策小说奖获奖作品《树语》女主角以她为原型

　　她多次应邀进行TED演讲（https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV11s411r7fB/）、拍摄纪录片

　　这本讲述她坚韧、传奇人生的书将改编成电影

"Song of the Forest" · She is the daughter of the forest, born and raised here.

From the first batch of female forester to the young female scientist who put forward new ideas, in the field of women's discrimination, she was repeatedly excluded and suppressed, but still held a cavity of love and perseverance, and became a widely recognized "mother of tree maintenance network" and a well-deserved big man in the field of forest ecology.

· She has lost loved ones, broken families, and suffered serious illness, and it is the beloved forest and family friends who give her strength, healing wounds, and helping her to regain vitality.

In this book, Simard tells the story of his own unique life journey. Her life runs parallel to research into the hidden underground networks of the forest. The trees and fungi in the forest are mutually beneficial, creating an intricate "tree network", just like our neural network or the Internet, through which nutrients and water can be transferred; Trees exchange information and help each other. At the center of the tree network are the mother trees, which connect and maintain all the offspring around them with great strength. In a vibrant, self-healing forest, competition is not a permanent theme, and the cooperative relationship between trees and fungi is far more important than we think.

The same is true of human beings, our relationships with relatives, lovers, and friends are intertwined into a complex network of social relations, which provides us with valuable support and help, is the source of our continuous review and drawing energy as we move forward, and also gives us the power to heal wounds.

This book will forever change the way we look at trees and remind us to value family, friendship and love.

About the author

Suzanne Simard

Forest ecologist, Professor of the Department of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada, member of the Ecological Society of America and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, one of the most acclaimed and cited scientists in the field of forest ecology

When she was a doctoral student, her groundbreaking work on the tree-dimensional network was featured on the cover of Nature, and her work was featured in the New Yorker, The Globe and Mail, The Times and other well-known media

The tree of the soul in Avatar is based on her research, and the 2019 Pulitzer Prize winning novel Tree Talk is based on her

She was invited to many times TED speech (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV11s411r7fB/), filming a documentary

The book about her tough, storied life will be adapted into a film