Plants

Diversity and Evolution

Martin J. Ingrouille, Bill Eddie

440 pages, parution le 17/08/2006

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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.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Process, form, and pattern
The genesis of form
Endless forms?
Sex, multiplication, and dispersal
Ordering the paths of diversity
The lives of plants
The fruits of the Earth
Knowing plants
Glossary
References

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Martin J. Ingrouille, Bill Eddie
Parution	17/08/2006
Nb. de pages	440
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	974g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780521794336
ISBN13	978-0-521-79433-6