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The restless plant /

"Plants, so predictable, stay where they are. And yet, like all living things, they also move: they grow, adapt, shed leaves and bark, spread roots and branches, snare pollinators, and reward cultivators. This book, the first to thoroughly explore the subject since Darwin's 1881 treatise o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koller, Dov (Autor)
Otros Autores: Van Volkenburgh, Elizabeth (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A guided tour of plant movements
  • Motors
  • Gravity-guided movements
  • The underground world
  • Light-driven movements
  • Tracking the sun
  • Prey-driven movements
  • Liberation movements : leaving the nest.