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Price: $114.95
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Sale: $79.49
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Manufacturer: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Lincoln Taiz::Eduardo Zeiger
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Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
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Edition: 4
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Dewey Decimal Number: 571.2
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Publication Date: 2006-06-01
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Reading Level: 700
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Description: Plant Physiology, Fourth Edition continues to set the standard for textbooks in the field, making plant physiology accessible to virtually every student. Authors Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger have again collaborated with a stellar group of contributing plant biologists to produce a current and authoritative volume that incorporates all the latest findings. Changes for the new edition include: * A new chapter (Chapter 24) on Brassinosteroids
* A completely rewritten Chapter 16 (Growth and Development)
* Updates on recent developments in the light reactions and the biochemistry of photosynthesis, respiration, ion transport, and water relations
* In the hormone chapters, new information about signaling pathways and regulatory mechanisms
* Coverage of major breakthroughs on the control of flowering, including the latest findings on the identity of the long-sought-after photoperiodic floral stimulus, "florigen." As with the Third Edition, material typically considered prerequisite for plant physiology courses, as well as advanced material, is posted at the companion website. New material has been added here as well, including new Web topics and Web essays.
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Price: $39.50
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Sale: $23.08
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Margaret Gargiullo::Barbara Magnuson::Larry Kimball
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.97286
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Publication Date: 2008-03-07
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Reading Level: 544
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Description: At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests.
Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference guide for beginner and expert naturalists alike. It provides a thorough survey of more than 850 plant species, each entry accompanied by color photos and a concise yet detailed narrative description. Plants are conveniently grouped by the different types of vegetation: palms, tall trees, shrubs, woody vines, herbaceous vines, herbs, grasses and ferns. Along with 1400 color photographs, the guide also includes an illustrated glossary of plant parts, five maps of Costa Rica, and laminated covers for durability in the field. With so much readily accessible information, this book is essential for exploring Costa Rica's common and conspicuous flora from the plants growing along the roadside to the best natural parks.
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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Alcock
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 584.4
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Publication Date: 2005-11-24
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: The male thynnine wasp's extreme sexual enthusiasm is crucial to reproduction of hammer orchids in the wild. Hammer orchids have co-evolved to produce odors identical to those manufactured by female thynnine wasps. The male wasp's superb sensitivity to the scent of his female mate is the basis for the hammer orchid's deceit--in effect, orchids exploit the male insect's highly adaptive sense of smell for their own propagation. While pollinating orchids is a waste of time, and thus a maladaptive activity for a wasp, his mistake comes about because he must react quickly whenever he senses a possible mate nearby. Alcock suggests that, "for insects, he who hesitates is lost, although perhaps it would be better to say that he who hesitates often loses a chance to pass on his genes." This book abounds with clever explanations for how these exceptionally complex flowers came to be shaped as they are. The reader can explore many aspects of orchid biology and history ranging from how some species avoid inbreeding, to the origins of orchids from an ancestor that belonged to the asparagus family. Examining each component of an orchid's flower, Alcock explains how the various parts work together to produce the plant's minute offspring. Each element of an orchid, as quirky as it may seem, is biologically significant, bearing the imprint of natural selection. Readers can share in the delight that Darwin and all other orchid enthusiasts have felt in making sense of even the smallest of details of these most wonderful plants.
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Price: $232.95
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Sale: $89.08
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Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Frank Salisbury::Cleon Ross
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Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Edition: 4
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.1
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Publication Date: 1991-06-25
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Reading Level: 682
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Description: The text provides a broad explanation of the physiology for plants (their functions) from seed germination to vegetative growth, maturation, and flowering. It presents principles and results of previous and ongoing research throughout the world.
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Sale: $68.75
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Manufacturer: Wiley
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Chadwick D. Oliver::Bruce C. Larson
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Publisher: Wiley
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Edition: Upd Sub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.52642
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Publication Date: 1996-01
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Reading Level: 544
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Description: Uses a mechanistic perspective to describe how forests grow and respond to intentional manipulations and natural disturbances. Synthesizes the latest information from physiology, ecology and silviculture and compares patterns in different regions. Emphasizes the constant change of all forests and shows that similar development patterns are occurring in forests in North American and beyond.
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Price: $142.00
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Sale: $142.00
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Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Theodore T. Kozlowski::Stephen G. Pallardy
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Publisher: Academic Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 582.15041
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Publication Date: 1996-10-07
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Reading Level: 411
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Description: This completely revised classic volume is an up-to-date synthesis of the intensive research devoted to woody plants. Intended primarily as a text for students and a reference for researchers, this interdisciplinary book should be useful to a broad range of scientists from agroforesters, agronomists, and arborists to plant pathologists, ecophysiologists, and soil scientists. Anyone interested in plant physiology will find this text invaluable.
Key Features
* Includes supplementary chapter summaries and lists of general references
* Provides a solid foundation of reference information
* Thoroughly updated classic text/reference
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Price: $54.95
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Sale: $41.81
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Walter Larcher
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 4th
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.7
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Publication Date: 2003-03-10
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Reading Level: 513
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Description: From the reviews of the 3rd edition: "the textbook of Walter Larcher (...) belongs certainly to the most successful manuals that ever existed." Photosynthetica, Czech Republic "it continues to be one of the major texts in the field of ecophysiology." Plant Growth Regulation, The Netherlands "This book is really a must reading for those interested in sustainable forestry." Journal of Sustainable Forestry, USA "The book, should be on the shelf of any scientist, teacher, or student seeking an introduction to the field of plant ecophysiology that is also an excellent reference." The Quarterly Review of Biology, USA
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Price: $229.00
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Sale: $212.24
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Springer
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Dewey Decimal Number: 575.54
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Publication Date: 2008-01-15
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Reading Level: 426
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Description: This book is devoted to the structural roots of woody plants, with a particular emphasis on the anchorage, form and development of tree root systems. For the first time, a large number of papers on the architecture and biomechanics of structural root systems are presented together with discussions on consequences for tree stability in both forest and urban environments. The development of root systems using different planting techniques is assessed, with recommendations for the selection and breeding of forest trees. Root response to environmental stresses is discussed, with several chapters also focusing on the structure and role of fine roots and their interaction with the rhizosphere. New methods for studying roots are presented, along with modelling techniques and state-of-the-art software. Aimed at biologists, foresters and arboriculturalists, this book will provide the reader with an overview of current knowledge in all fields of structural root research, as well as presenting recent findings and new methods for studying woody roots.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.88
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Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Adrian Slack
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Publisher: The MIT Press
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 580
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Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: The mobile tentacles of the Sundews, the snapping lobes of the Venus Fly Trap, and the slippery, baited pitfalls of the Pitcher Plants seem the stuff of science fiction, yet these amazing plants do exist. Adrian Slack focuses on some fifty species, using photographs, line drawings, and diagrams to illustrate their peculiarities. He explores in detail the wily manner in which each type of plant entices, catches, and digests its prey.
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Price: $84.95
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Sale: $83.25
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Manufacturer: Sinauer Associates
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Emanuel Epstein::Arnold J. Bloom
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Publisher: Sinauer Associates
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 572.42
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Publication Date: 2004-08
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Reading Level: 400
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Description: Nearly all the chemical elements that make up living things are mineral elements, the ultimate source of which is rock weathered into soil. In the thoroughly revised Second Edition of Mineral Nutrition of Plants: Principles and Perspectives, Epstein and Bloom explain that plant roots "mine" these nutrient elements from their inorganic substrate and introduce them into the realm of living things. The authors trace the subsequent movement of these nutrients into other plant organs, tissues, cells, and organelles, their biochemical assimilation, and their functions in plant physiology and metabolism. Treatment of these processes extends from molecular biology through global biogeochemistry. The text, illustrated in full color, is accessible both to undergraduate students in plant physiology, agronomy, horticulture, and environmental studies and to researchers in these and other plant biological fields.
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