Which Schwarze?

[sloth]

Im looking to treat myself to a new book, either 'fungal strategies of wood decay in trees' or 'diagnosis and prognosis of the development of wood decay in urban trees'.

Who has read both? What are they key differences aside from price between the two?

Which would you choose and why?

Thank you...

[Alinicoll]

They are both useful books and so I would say both.

 

Quite a lot of the later chapters of Diagnosis and Prognosis are available in some form as articles in the arb journal. Non of Fungal strategies is available, to my limited knowledge, anywhere else.

 

Fungal strategies is quite an academic book where as Diagnosis has more on application it is also more readable imo. As far as I know they are both out of print so if you can get either or both I would.

 

I don`t claim to be an expert by the way. Just my opinions.

[sloth]

Both is a little pricey right now, think I'll go for FSWDT unless someone convinces me the book which is twice as much is twice as useful or good!

Cheers:thumbup:

[David Humphries]

I only have access to fungal strategies

 

There's not enough time to digest all these books in their entirety IMO.

 

Diversifying the reading material is a good strategy that I try to adhere to.

How much info does an arb require on the differing qualities of the various decay types on the layers of woody cells ?

 

 

Fungal strategies available at £40 for kindle on Amazon currently

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Schwarze+fungal+strategies&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3ASchwarze+fungal+strategies&ajr=0

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

What are they key differences aside from price between the two?

Which would you choose and why?

I agree with Allin about the general differences. David is quite righat about digesting both; tall order. Fungal Strategies is more of a brain-burner; :confused1:read it 4 times during a graduate project 10 years ago and kinda understood most of it before reviewing it for the ISA journal.

 

Diagnosis is more accessible, and I use it a lot more for reports, recently checking I dryadeus mgt, for which it gave key info.

 

Which to get? depends on your objective. i love FSWDT but i'd say for most arbs the big green book is worth the extra expense.

[sloth]

Fswdt looks like the one for now, d&p another time. Cheers for the replies

[treeseer]

sloth you might then want to start a glossary of terms that are new to you, to give clues on what is being said. My list was quite a long one, despite some familiarity with Latin and Greek...in any case, enjoy it!

[sloth]

I only have access to fungal strategies

 

There's not enough time to digest all these books in their entirety IMO.

 

Diversifying the reading material is a good strategy that I try to adhere to.

How much info does an arb require on the differing qualities of the various decay types on the layers of woody cells ?

 

 

Fungal strategies available at £40 for kindle on Amazon currently

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Schwarze+fungal+strategies&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3ASchwarze+fungal+strategies&ajr=0

 

 

 

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There we go, WAS available at a good price even if you had to buy a kindle with it. Only 6 on amazon now, over 600 quid!

[Matthew Corran]

Cheapest place I found for d&p was the ISA £105

Got to admit I haven't read it yet though