Green planet : how plants keep the Earth alive /

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Plants are not just a pretty part of the landscape; they keep the entire planet, with all of its human and nonhuman inhabitants, alive. Stanley Rice documents the many ways in which plants do this by making oxygen, regulating the greenhouse effect, controlling floods, and producing all the food in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rice, Stanley A., 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Plant ecology.
Vegetation and climate.
Plants, Useful.
Écologie végétale.
Plantes utiles.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Plant ecology
Plants, Useful
Vegetation and climate
Pflanzenökologie
Umweltschutz
Erhaltung
Pflanzen
Klimaschutz
Erde
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An injured paradise
  • Plants put the oxygen in the air
  • Greenhouse earth : plants help to keep the Earth from overheating
  • Shade : trees make good air conditioners
  • The water cycle : plants prevent droughts and floods
  • Plants feed the world
  • Plants create soil
  • Plants create habitats
  • Plants heal the landscape
  • How agriculture changed the world
  • Why we need plant diversity
  • What can we do?

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