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Author:

Raven, Peter H.

Title:

Biology of plants / Peter H. Raven, Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn.

Edition:

6th ed.

Publisher:

Worth Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xv, 944 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Botany.

Other Authors:

Evert, Ray Franklin.
Eichhorn, Susan E.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 851-862) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9781572590410
1572590416
9781572596115 (comp.)
1572596112 (comp.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39697257

LCCN:

98060171

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)