The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges, and AdaptationsPlants may live in places that provide too little rainfall, yet they thrive, either by evading drought, like the animals that live in deserts, or by tolerating the scarcity. There are plants that use other plants, climbing on them, strangling some, living in their leafy canopies, or parasitising them. The Nature of Plants explores the love-hate relationships that plants have with animals, some feeding on plants but others drawn into serving plants by pollinating them, scattering their fruits and seeds, or being eaten themselves. The mostly hidden associations that plants have with bacteria and fungi are also revealed. |
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The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations John Dawson,Rob Lucas No preview available - 2006 |
The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations John Dawson,Rob Lucas No preview available - 2005 |