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Wind, we are told, kills more trees than acid rain ever did. Wind and Trees, a conference compendium edited by Scottish foresters M. Coutts and J. Grace (Cambridge University Press, £65/$94.95, ISBN 0 521 46037 9) explains for forest managers the meteorology, mechanics and physics behind wind-throw from Hurricane Hugo to the Outer Hebrides.