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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2009.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | 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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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9781400830640 |