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02282cam a2200397 a 4500 001 5D5B68266C0311DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 080326s2009 njuab b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2008013964 020 $a 081354453X (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780813544533 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)222664247 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d UKM $d C#P $d BWX $d CDX $d IOG $d CQU $d PZI $d SNK $d IOE $d SILO 050 00 $a QK901 $b .R53 2009 082 00 $a 581.7 $2 22 100 1 $a Rice, Stanley A., $d 1957- 245 1 $a Green planet : $b how plants keep the Earth alive / $c Stanley A. Rice. 260 $a New Brunswick, N.J. : $b Rutgers University Press, $c c2009. 300 $a xiii, 298 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-285) and index. 505 0 $a An injured paradise -- Plants put the oxygen in the air -- Greenhouse earth : plants help to keep the Earth from overheating -- Shade : trees make good air conditioners -- The water cycle : plants prevent droughts and floods -- Plants feed the world -- Plants create soil -- Plants create habitats -- Plants heal the landscape -- How agriculture changed the world -- Why we need plant diversity -- What can we do? 520 1 $a "Green Planet explores the many ways plants sustain life by making oxygen, regulating the greenhouse effect, controlling floods, and producing all the food in the world. Foliage also provides natural habitats for all the world's organisms. Through illustrations, scientific evidence, and engaging writing for nonspecialists, Stanley A. Rice helps general readers realize that if we are to rescue the earth from environmental disaster, we must protect wild plants."--BOOK JACKET. 650 0 $a Plant ecology. 650 0 $a Vegetation and climate. 650 0 $a Plants, Useful. 941 $a 7 952 $l N4AX745 $d 20180808035537.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824084337.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20100201083435.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20100120073657.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20100120073657.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20100301073843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5D5B68266C0311DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOEInitiate Another SILO Locator Search