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Alice in the land of plants : biology of plants and their importance for planet earth / Yiannis Manetas.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Modern (1453- ) Publication details: Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2012.Edition: [English ed.]Description: xvii, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9783642283376 (acidfree paper)
  • 3642283373 (acidfree paper)
Other title:
  • Biology of plants and their importance for planet earth
Uniform titles:
  • Ti tha evlepe hē Alikē stē chōra tōn phytōn. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK50 .M2613 2012
  • QK45.2 .M3613 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Basic plant organization : 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.

Originally published in Greek: Herakleio : Panepistemiakes Ekdoseis Kretes [i.e. Crete University Press], 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-367) and index.

Introduction -- Basic plant organization : 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.

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