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Author Manetas, Giannēs, 1947-

Title Alice in the land of plants : biology of plants and their importance for planet earth / Yiannis Manetas
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Basic Plant Organisation: How it Differs from that of Animals -- Why Trees are Almost Immortal and Other Related Issues -- Short Evolutionary History of Plants -- Sex in Nonmotile Organisms -- The World through the Eyes of Plants -- The Defence of a Stationary Organism -- Symbioses Galore -- Deviations from the Basic Biological Type -- Are Plants Intelligent Organisms After All?
Summary Annotation Why is it that plants do not need to move? How does a nonmotile organism have sex or defend itself? Why are some plants virtually immortal? What is the mechanism that allows plants to exploit a practically inexhaustible extraterrestrial energy source? How do plants regulate the composition of our planets atmosphere? Why have there not been mass extinctions among plants as there have been among animals? How do plants communicate with one another? In the end, are plants intelligent organisms?These are some of the questions the author discusses to demonstrate that plants are wrongly considered to be simple organisms lacking specific behaviour and intelligence. This book promises to be as pleasant a surprise as Alices experience in the white rabbits warren, in which she encountered a world very different from ours. The author explains the biology of plants following Einstein's maxim that everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
Analysis Life sciences
Botany
Plant Sciences
Popular Science in Nature and Environment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the Greek
Subject Plants -- Popular works
Botany -- Popular works
Plant ecology -- Popular works
NATURE -- Plants -- General.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
Plants
Botany
Plant ecology
Genre/Form Popular works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783642283383
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9783642283376
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Other Titles I Alíki sti gi ton fytón. English