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Resource strategies of wild plants /
Over millions of years, terrestrial plants have competed for limited resources, defended themselves against herbivores, and resisted a myriad of environmental stresses. These struggles have helped generate more than a quarter million terrestrial plant species, each possessing a unique strategy for s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Over millions of years, terrestrial plants have competed for limited resources, defended themselves against herbivores, and resisted a myriad of environmental stresses. These struggles have helped generate more than a quarter million terrestrial plant species, each possessing a unique strategy for success. Yet, as Resource Strategies of Wild Plants demonstrates, the constraints on plant growth are universal enough that a few survival strategies hold true for all seed-producing plants. This book describes the five major strategies of growth for terrestrial plants, details how plants s. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400830640 1400830648 1283269279 9781283269278 9786613269270 6613269271 |