A review by cubanpete
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

There's a lot of cool knowledge I got from this book but the problem is I don't know what to believe. The referencing is very thin, with a lot of wild claims (e.g. the disappearance of "deer, wild boar, carnivores, and even most birds wouldn't leave any yawning gaps in the ecosystem"), and some of them I've found to be erroneous (e.g. chaffinch calls predicting weather). Another thing I found annoying is the language ("eager beavers", "Spruce & Co", etc.) although this is probably the translator's fault. I loved the author's obvious passion for the forest, I just wish his claims were checked and referenced.