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Author Raven, Peter H.

Title Biology of plants / Peter H. Raven, Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn
Edition Sixth edition
Published New York : W.H. Freeman : Worth Publishers, [1999]
©1999

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Description xv, 944 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents Botany: an introduction -- The molecular composition of plant cells -- Introduction to the plant cell -- Membrane structure and function -- The flow of energy -- Respiration -- Photosynthesis, light, and life -- The reproduction of cells -- Meiosis and sexual reproduction -- Genetice and heredity -- Gene expression -- The process of evolution -- Systematics: the science of biological diversity -- Prokaryotes and viruses -- Fungi -- Protista I: Euglenoids, Slime Molds, Cryptomonads, Red Algae, Dinoflagellates and Haptophytes -- Protista II: Heterokonts and Green Algae -- Bryophytes -- Seedless vascular plants -- Gymnosperms -- Introduction to the Angiosperms -- Evolution of the Angiosperms -- Early development of the plant body -- Cells and tissues of the plant body -- The root: structure and development -- The shoot: primary structure and development -- Secondary growth in stems -- Regulating growth and development: the plant hormones -- External factors and plant growth -- Plant nutrition and soils -- The movement of water and solutes in plants -- The dynamics of communities and ecosystems -- Global ecology -- The human prospect
Summary The 6th edition of this book now includes chapter overviews, checkpoints, detailed summaries, summary tables, a list of key terms and end-of-chapter questions. A CD-ROM and Web site are available in a supplementary format
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 851-862) and index
Subject Botany.
Plant physiology.
Author Eichhorn, Susan E.
Evert, Ray Franklin.
LC no. 98060171
ISBN 1572590416
1572596112 (comp.)