Alice in the land of plants : biology of plants and their importance for planet earth / Yiannis Manetas.
Material type: TextLanguage: 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)
- Biology of plants and their importance for planet earth
- Ti tha evlepe hē Alikē stē chōra tōn phytōn. English
- QK50 .M2613 2012
- QK45.2 .M3613 2012
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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.