Plants : evolution and diversity
How did the array of plant form and habitat that we see today come about, and how do we humans interact with the plant kingdom? This new textbook provides a stimulating consideration of these questions, advocating a more ecological and process-oriented approach to plant sciences.
Print Book, English, 2006
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006
XIV, 440 p. : il. ; 26 cm.
9780521794336, 9780521790970, 0521794331, 0521790972
934199781
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.
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