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Manufacturer: Facts on File
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Malcolm Wilkins
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Publisher: Facts on File
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581
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Publication Date: 1988-06
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Reading Level: 224
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Price: $30.95
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Sale: $200.00
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Manufacturer: Blackwell Pub
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Paul Simons
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Publisher: Blackwell Pub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.18
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Publication Date: 1992-07
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: "The Action Plant" is a remarkable account of the world of plant movement, presenting a wealth of new research for the first time. Paul Simons shows that movement is not restricted to a few famous weird species but that all plants are alive with excitability. Leaves search for solar energy like miniature satellite dishes tracking the sun, fungi spear passing creatures with harpoons and insects are bludgeoned into cross pollination., But the book is not simply a catalogue of these extraordinary natural phenomena. Simons reveals how all plants can behave like animals thanks to a nerve-like system which they evolved from one-celled creatures. The revelations that these seemingly simple creatures have sensors, signals and motors all rolled into one cell that "nervousness" is probably universal to all living things.
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Price: $229.00
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Sale: $181.64
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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: $16.50
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Sale: $24.80
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Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers,
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: L. J. Metcalf
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Publisher: New Holland Publishers,
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Dewey Decimal Number: 580
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Publication Date: 2003-01
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Reading Level: 132
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Description: Ferns occur in great abundance in New Zealand - there are nearly 200 native species alone occurring everywhere from the coast through to the country's alpine regions. Then there are the fern allies - including clubmosses and forkferns that have an even longer fossil history than ferns. However, most of the ferns and fern allies described in this guide are the commoner species that are more likely to be seen when journeying around the New Zealand countryside. For ease of reference the common names are highlighted in the text although all species described are listed according to their scientific names so that their affinities with related species may be seen more easily.
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Price: $265.50
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Sale: $193.60
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Manufacturer: Wiley
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: David M. Orcutt::Erik T. Nilsen
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Publisher: Wiley
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.2
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Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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Reading Level: 624
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Description: JACKET CONTAINS NO COPY
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $22.95
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Manufacturer: Facts on File
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Bastiaan Meeuse::Sean Morris
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Publisher: Facts on File
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Dewey Decimal Number: 582.1304166
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Publication Date: 1984-09
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Reading Level: 152
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Price: $54.50
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Sale: $54.50
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Manufacturer: An American Chemical Society Publication
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Melvin Calvin
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Publisher: An American Chemical Society Publication
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Dewey Decimal Number: 540.92
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Publication Date: 1992-05-05
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Reading Level: 175
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Description: Melvin Calvin is the winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize for his work on the path of carbon photosynthesis. In this volume he discusses his work as a pioneer scientist in the application of chemistry as part of multidisciplinary research programs, incorporating disciplines from psychology to botany, from photochemistry to chemical evolution and artificial photosynthesis.
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Price: $111.50
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Sale: $95.95
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Manufacturer: Wiley-Liss
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David H. Griffin
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Publisher: Wiley-Liss
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 579
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Publication Date: 1996-06-22
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Reading Level: 472
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Description: Thoroughly revised, this edition summarizes the field of fungal physiology from a dynamic, experimental perspective. Integrates molecular genetics with biochemistry and development of fungi. Reorganized into 14 chapters it describes the latest contemporary experimental approaches to fungal research as well as future developments.
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Price: $219.00
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Sale: $144.38
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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: Melvin T. Tyree::Martin H. Zimmermann
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 575.46
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Publication Date: 2003-04-14
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Reading Level: 250
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Description: The first edition of this book was the first to provide an integrated description of sap ascension from an anatomical and functional point of view. The second edition opens with the three-dimensional aspects of wood anatomy. The cohesion-tension theory and new evidence are introduced in response to recent controversies over the mechanism of sap ascent in plants. The physiology, anatomy and biophysics of xylem dysfunction are discussed and new insights into hydraulic architecture are reviewed with special emphasis on physiological limits on maximum transpiration and how hydraulic architecture limits gas exchange, carbon gain and growth of plants. The text concludes with a description of xylem failure and pathology. The book highlights fascinating areas of current research with the aim to stimulate more work in the future.
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Price: $55.00
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Sale: $52.33
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Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Richard Karban::Ian T. Baldwin
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 571.962
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Publication Date: 1997-10-27
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Reading Level: 330
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Description: Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in response to attack, plants actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato plant leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals that inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Over the past fifteen years, research on these induced responses to herbivory has flourished, and here Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin present the first comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of this rapidly developing field. They provide state-of-the-discipline reviews and highlight areas where new research will be most productive. Their comprehensive overview will be welcomed by a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology, and agriculture.
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