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Introduction to ecological biochemistry /
Ecological biochemistry concerns the biochemistry of interactions between animals, plants and the environment, and includes such diverse subjects as plant adaptations to soil pollutants and the effects of plant toxins on herbivores. The intriguing dependence of the Monarch butterfly on its host plan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; San Diego :
Academic Press,
[1993]
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| Edición: | Fourth edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Plant and its biochemical adaptation to the environment
- Biochemistry of plant pollination
- Plant toxins and their effects on animals
- Hormonal interactions between plants and animals
- Insect feeding preferences
- Feeding preferences of vertebrates, including man
- Co-evolutionary arms race: plant defence and animal response
- Animal pheromones and defence substances
- Biochemical interactions between higher plants
- Higher plant-lower plant interactions: phytoalexins and phytotoxins.