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Plant Allometry
Karl J. Niklas
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Description for Plant Allometry
Paperback. Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced various results in research on animals. This text applies allometry to studies of the evolution, morphology, physiology and reproduction of plants. Num Pages: 412 pages, 3 halftones, 130 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSF; PSTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced various results in research on animals. This text applies allometry to studies of the evolution, morphology, physiology and reproduction of plants. The author covers a broad spectrum of plant life, from unicellular algae to towering trees, including fossil as well as extant taxa. He examines the relation between organic size and variations in plant form, metabolism, reproduction and evolution, and draws on the zoological literature to develop allometric techniques for the peculiar problems of plant height, the relation between body mass and ... Read more
Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced various results in research on animals. This text applies allometry to studies of the evolution, morphology, physiology and reproduction of plants. The author covers a broad spectrum of plant life, from unicellular algae to towering trees, including fossil as well as extant taxa. He examines the relation between organic size and variations in plant form, metabolism, reproduction and evolution, and draws on the zoological literature to develop allometric techniques for the peculiar problems of plant height, the relation between body mass and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226580814
SKU
V9780226580814
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