Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants
Arthur C. Gibson
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Paperback. Series: Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358.
For centuries biologists have been extremely interested in the structure of desert plants as examples of natural selection to harsh environmental conditions. Indeed, desert plants are frequently used as examples in many biology classes and textbooks to illustrate natural selection, but this has led to an unfortunate litany of errors and misconceptions about desert plant adaptations.
This new synthesis focuses on plants of lowland tropical and subtropical arid deserts. Readers will be surprised to discover that many features commonly ascribed to desert plants are rareley observed in the most common species. Instead, the typical structural adaptations of nonsucculent warm ... Read more
For centuries biologists have been extremely interested in the structure of desert plants as examples of natural selection to harsh environmental conditions. Indeed, desert plants are frequently used as examples in many biology classes and textbooks to illustrate natural selection, but this has led to an unfortunate litany of errors and misconceptions about desert plant adaptations.
This new synthesis focuses on plants of lowland tropical and subtropical arid deserts. Readers will be surprised to discover that many features commonly ascribed to desert plants are rareley observed in the most common species. Instead, the typical structural adaptations of nonsucculent warm ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Adaptations of Desert Organisms
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642646386
SKU
V9783642646386
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Reviews for Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants
"This book can be recommended to all researchers working on desert plants." Trends in Plant Sciences