Plants
Diversity and Evolution
£57.99
- Authors:
- Martin Ingrouille, Birkbeck College, University of London
- Bill Eddie, University of Edinburgh
- Date Published: August 2006
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521794336
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Plants are so much part of our environment that we often take them for granted, yet beautiful, fascinating and useful plants are everywhere, from isolated moss colonies on stone walls to vast complex communities within tropical rainforests. How did this array of form and habitat come about, and how do we humans interact with the plant kingdom? This unique new textbook provides a refreshing and stimulating consideration of these questions and throws light in a new way on the complexity, ecology, evolution and development of plants and our relationship with them. Illustrated throughout with numerous line diagrams and beautiful colour photographs, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the fascinating lives that plants lead and the way in which our lives are inextricably linked to theirs. It will be particularly useful to students seeking a more ecological and process-oriented approach than is available in other plant science textbooks.
Read more- A celebration of the evolution and diversity of plant life
- Interweaves contemporary ideas with classical interpretations
- Refreshing style, advocating a more ecological and process-oriented approach to plant sciences
- Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour photographs
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×Product details
- Date Published: August 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521794336
- length: 458 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 189 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.98kg
- contains: 250 b/w illus. 200 colour illus. 30 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Process, form, and pattern
2. The genesis of form
3. Endless forms?
4. Sex, multiplication, and dispersal
5. Ordering the paths of diversity
6. The lives of plants
7. The fruits of the Earth
8. Knowing plants
Glossary
References.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Biology of Organisms
- Plant Biology
- Plant Diversity and Ecology
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