| Description |
xvi, 412 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Coping with water stress by I.R. Cowan -- 2. Coping with low nutrients by G.D. Bowen -- 3. Coping with fire by A.M. Gill -- 4. Coping with salinity by K. Winter, C.B. Osmond and J.S. Pate -- 5. The biology of resurrection plants by Dr. F. Gaff -- 6. The biology of the eucalypt forest by R.G. Florence -- 7. Plants with fleshy underground storage organs - a Western Australian survey by J.S. Pate and K.W. Dixon -- 8. The biology of arborescent monocotyledons, with special reference to Australian species by I.A. Staff and J.T. Waterhouse -- 9. The biology of Australian seagrasses by A.J. McComb, M.L. Cambridge, H. Kirkman and J. Kuo -- 10. Aspects of the distribution and biology of Australian marine macro-algae by H.B.S. Womersley -- 11. Germination strategies by J.J. Mott and R.H. Groves -- 12. Plants as animal food by A.R. Main -- 13. Speciation in the Australian flora by S.H. James and S.D. Hopper -- Index of species and genera -- Subject index |
| Summary |
This book is a coollection of papers that where presented at the 1979 symposium on 'The Biology of Native Australian Plants', held at the University of Western Australia |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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Botany |
| Notes |
"The reviews which make up this volume were presented at a symposium on "The Biology of Native Australian Plants', held at the University of Western Australia in August 1979' |
| Bibliography |
Includes indexes |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Botany -- Australia.
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Botany -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Plant ecology -- Australia.
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Botany -- Australia.
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Plant physiology.
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Botany.
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Ecology.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
McComb, A. J. (Arthur J.)
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Pate, J. S. (John S.), 1932-
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Symposium on the Biology of Native Australian Plants, University of Western Australia (1979)
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| LC no. |
8310001831 |
| ISBN |
0855641940 |
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