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Alien Plants (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 129)
Clive A. Stace
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Description for Alien Plants (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 129)
Hardcover. The word 'aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible - and can be both useful and harmful. Series: Collins New Naturalist Library. Num Pages: 640 pages, (approx 200 colour photographs and diagrams), With index. BIC Classification: 1DB; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 225 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1502.
The word `aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible - and can be both useful and harmful. Over the last fifty years, the study of alien plants has progressed from an eccentric hobby, enabling amateur botanists to increase the total of wild plants that they could record, to the full-blown ... Read more
The word `aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible - and can be both useful and harmful. Over the last fifty years, the study of alien plants has progressed from an eccentric hobby, enabling amateur botanists to increase the total of wild plants that they could record, to the full-blown ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Collins New Naturalist Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007502158
SKU
V9780007502158
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99-98
About Clive A. Stace
Clive Anthony Stace BSc, PhD, DSc graduated from the University of London in 1959 and gained his doctorate at the Natural History Museum, London in 1963. For the next 41 years he carried out research and teaching at the Universities of Manchester and Leicester, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Plant Taxonomy. He was President of the Botanical Society ... Read more
Reviews for Alien Plants (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 129)
`One of the greatest New Naturalists of recent times ... a major contribution to British natural history and popular science. A tremendous work on an important subject.' British Wildlife Praise for the New Naturalist series: ... Read more