| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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 -- World through the Eyes of Plants -- Defence of a Stationary Organism -- Symbioses Galore -- Deviations from the Basic Biological Type -- Are Plants Intelligent Organisms After All? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Language |
Translated from the Greek. |
| Subject |
Plants -- Popular works.
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Plants. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Subject |
Botany -- Popular works.
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Botany. |
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Plant ecology -- Popular works.
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Plant ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
I Alíki sti gi ton fytón. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9786613697325 |
| ISBN |
9783642283383 (electronic book) |
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3642283381 (electronic book) |
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9783642283376 (print) |
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3642283373 (print) |
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3642283373 |
| Standard No. |
9786613697325 |
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10.1007/978-3-642-28338-3 |
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