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Fortress Plant: How to survive when everything wants to eat you
Dale Walters
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Description for Fortress Plant: How to survive when everything wants to eat you
Hardcover. The survival of plants on our planet is nothing short of miraculous. They are food for a vast array of organisms, ranging from bacteria and fungi, through to insects, and even other plants. Dale Walters explores the fascinating array of evolutionary defences plants employ to survive and avoid being eaten. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black and white halftones and 10 colour plates. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
The survival of plants on our planet is nothing short of miraculous. They are virtually stationary packages of food, providing sustenance for a vast array of organisms, ranging from bacteria and fungi, through to insects, and even other plants. But plants are master survivors, having coped with changing environments and evolving predators over much of the history of life on earth. They have surveillance systems and defences that would put most modern armies to shame. They need to have a formidable armoury, because their enemies have sophisticated weaponry of their own. In this often hostile world, ... Read more
The survival of plants on our planet is nothing short of miraculous. They are virtually stationary packages of food, providing sustenance for a vast array of organisms, ranging from bacteria and fungi, through to insects, and even other plants. But plants are master survivors, having coped with changing environments and evolving predators over much of the history of life on earth. They have surveillance systems and defences that would put most modern armies to shame. They need to have a formidable armoury, because their enemies have sophisticated weaponry of their own. In this often hostile world, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
489g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198745600
SKU
V9780198745600
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99-99
About Dale Walters
Dale Walters is Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). Until his retirement in February 2016, he was leader of the Crop Protection team at SRUC's campus in Edinburgh, where his research focused on induced resistance to plant pathogens. He obtained his PhD from Lancaster University in 1981 and was awarded a DSc by them in 1999 ... Read more
Reviews for Fortress Plant: How to survive when everything wants to eat you
Fortress Plant celebrates how wild plants thrive at the base of the food chain. This lively narrative ... weaves important new research and perspective into the structure.
Ian T. Baldwin, Nature
Fortress Plant is cutting-edge science described with great clarity, presented in easily digested sections.
Phil Gates, BBC Wildlife Magazine
This book is a wonderfully lucid ... Read more
Ian T. Baldwin, Nature
Fortress Plant is cutting-edge science described with great clarity, presented in easily digested sections.
Phil Gates, BBC Wildlife Magazine
This book is a wonderfully lucid ... Read more