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Defensive (Anti-Herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants
Simcha Lev-Yadun
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Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 169 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PST; PSVP; PSVT7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 777.
This book presents visual plant defenses (camouflage, mimicry and aposematism via coloration, morphology and even movement) against herbivores. It is mainly an ideological monograph, a manifesto representing my current understanding on defensive plant coloration and related issues. The book is not the final word in anything, but rather the beginning of many things. It aims to establish visual anti-herbivory defense as an integral organ of botany, or plant science as it is commonly called today. I think that like in animals, many types of plant coloration can be explained by selection associated with the sensory/cognitive systems of herbivores and predators ... Read more
This book presents visual plant defenses (camouflage, mimicry and aposematism via coloration, morphology and even movement) against herbivores. It is mainly an ideological monograph, a manifesto representing my current understanding on defensive plant coloration and related issues. The book is not the final word in anything, but rather the beginning of many things. It aims to establish visual anti-herbivory defense as an integral organ of botany, or plant science as it is commonly called today. I think that like in animals, many types of plant coloration can be explained by selection associated with the sensory/cognitive systems of herbivores and predators ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
385
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319420943
SKU
V9783319420943
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99-15
About Simcha Lev-Yadun
Prof. Simcha Lev-Yadun Department of Biology and Environment,Faculty of Natural Sciences,University of Haifa- Oranim, Tivon 36006 Israel Major Research Interests: The beginning of agriculture: The biology and genetics of plant domestication. The ecology and evolution of defensive vegetative coloration in plants.Developmental processes in plants: meristematic activity and its ecology and regulation, fate of apical meristems, homeosis, pattern formation.Arabidopsis thaliana as a model ... Read more
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