| Description |
314 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The freeloaders - plants using plants -- Ch. 2. Not enough water - the plants of deserts and seasonally arid places -- Ch. 3. Rising from the ashes - plants and fire -- Ch. 4. Serpentine and salt - coping with toxic soils -- Ch. 5. Too much water - plants of rivers, lakes, swamps, and margins of the sea -- Ch. 6. Too cold for trees - mountain and arctic plants -- Ch. 7. A love-hate relationship - plants and animals -- Ch. 8. Mostly hidden relationships - plants, fungi, and bacteria -- Ch. 9. Plant evolution through the ages - an overview |
| Summary |
"The Nature of Plants tells how plants adapt to the challenges of their habitats. Illustrated throughout with superb color photographs, it is written in a way that is clear to anyone who wishes to understand the life of plants." "The Nature of Plants takes the reader on a tour of plant habitats from the seashore up into the mountains, and from the tropics to the poles. There are plants that use other plants, climbing on them, strangling some, living in their leafy canopies, or parasitizing them. And The Nature of Plants explores the love-hate relationships that plants have with animals, some feeding on plants but others drawn into serving plants by pollinating them, scattering their fruits and seeds, or being eaten themselves. The mostly hidden associations that plants have with bacteria and fungi are also revealed."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Botany & plant science (Australia) |
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Natural history - general (Australia) |
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Ecology & environmental science (Australia) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-300) and index |
| Subject |
Plant ecophysiology.
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Plants -- Adaptation.
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Plants.
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Botany.
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Plant ecology.
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Plant communities.
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| Author |
Lucas, Rob, 1940- author
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| LC no. |
2004014251 |
| ISBN |
0881926752 (hardback) |
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0643091610 |
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