Books worth reading

[Ross Turner]

Hi,I am thinking of studying for the ISA cert arb & was wondering if there is any books you would recomend to help me.
Thanks.

 

[fmueller]

Get the ISA certification study guide and do all the questions at the end of each chapter. Then study up on the local tree species and you should pass with flying colors. Good luck!

 

[Ross Turner]

Already have the Cert arb study guide book,but am looking for additional books to back up what i do know.
Thanks.

 

[treeman45246]

Modern Arboriculture by Shigo, or New Tree Biology by the same...
Arboriculture by Harris has some good information, and that should be enough to keep you busy for a while. If your interested in thers I could go on, but those are great general information about trees.

 

[Ross Turner]

Are the isa books any good?

 

[jimmyq]

I find ISA books informative but to prepare for the test they are probably too specific. You would have to buy a bunch of them to cover the topic range. ISA cert guide is a good one, Harris's Arboriculture book is good and I like trees of north america and europe (Phillips) as a good ID prep book.

 

[Ross Turner]

i see there is a load of them you can buy together that covers all sctions of tree work.

 

[jimmyq]

I have been eyeballing that set for a few months, good way to get CEU's by the look of it.

 

[Ross Turner]

Thats what i was thinking,Past the exam first & have the wookbook/quiz to get the CEU after.

 

[Guy Meilleur]

ISA sells a compendium of ceu articles on different topics. It's great the first time to get ceu's and again as review years later.

As for the test, the guide oughta do ya. Modern Arb is my favorite overall tree care text.

 

[Nickrosis]

The compendiums are pry-cey. A KC-ism!

 

[Tree Machine]

Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. Has little if anything to do with trees or ISA tests, but I would recommend it, nonetheless.

 

[Nickrosis]

Originally posted by Tree Machine
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. Has little if anything to do with trees or ISA tests, but I would recommend it, nonetheless.

Only you.

 

[Ross Turner]

In the Uk there is a book by N D G James called the Aboricuturalists Companion & was thinking of getting it.

 

[begleytree]

Tree disease concepts forget who wrote it. Used to be on the list in the study guide.
-Ralph

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by begleytree
Tree disease concepts forget who wrote it.

Author was Manion. An oldie but goodie.

Re pricey Compendia of ceu articles, yeah it would have been cheaper to save every issue, but many I lent out and forgot about.

Good luck on the test. My advice would be to target those areas you're weak in and look more at those. For me on the CA test it was cabling, on the BCMA test it was chemicals and soils.

 

[Chucky]

I took a tree disease course in Syracuse at the State University of New York, Environmental Science and Forestry, from Professor Paul Manion. Our textbook was Tree Disease Concepts still in manuscript form. Great course from a great professor. I never bought the book when it finally got published, but instead bought Lyon and Johnson's Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. Indispensible on the arborist's bookshelf, as also is their Insects That Feed on Trees and Shrubs.