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Author:
Manetas, Giannēs, 1947-
Title:
Alice in the land of plants : biology of plants and their importance for planet earth / Yiannis Manetas.
Edition:
[English ed.]
Publisher:
Springer,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xvii, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Plants--Popular works.
Botany--Popular works.
Plant ecology--Popular works.
Popular works.
Other Titles:
Ti tha evlepe hē Alikē stē chōra tōn phytōn. English.
Notes:
Originally published in Greek: Hērakleio : Panepistēmiakes Ekdoseis Krētēs [i.e. Crete University Press], 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-367) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Basic plant organisation : how it differs from that of animals -- Why trees are almost immortal and other related issues -- Short evolutionary history of plants -- Sex in nonmotile organisms -- The world through the eyes of plants -- The defense of a stationary organism -- Symbioses galore -- Deviations from the basic biological type -- Are plants intelligent organisms after all? -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
3642283373 (acid-free paper)
9783642283376 (acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)785073002
LCCN:
2012940412
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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