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245 14 a| The nature of plants :b| habitats, challenges, and adaptations /c| John Dawson & Rob Lucas.;

300 a| 314 pages :b| color illustrations ;c| 28 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-300) and index.;

505 0 a| The freeloaders: plants using plants -- The plumbing system of plants -- Climbing to the light: the vines -- Living in the treetops: the epiphytes -- Plant pirates: the parasites -- Not enough water: the plants of deserts and seasonally arid places -- Why there are deserts -- The hot deserts: landforms and habitats -- Plant strategies for desert survival: the hot deserts of North America -- Hot deserts outside North America: the temperate deserts -- Seasonal drought in Mediterranean climates -- Seasonal drought in savannas -- Rising from the ashes: plants and fire -- The sprouters -- The seeders -- Fire and vegetation in human times -- Serpentine and salt: coping with toxic soils -- Serpentine soils -- Halophytes: plants that grow on salty soils -- Too much water: plants of rivers, lakes, swamps, and margins of the sea -- Submerged plants -- Plants with leaves that float on the surface -- Plants that float -- Plants with stems, leaves, and flowers that rise above the water -- Plants of river flood zones --;

505 0 a| Too cold for trees: mountain and arctic plants -- Alpine plants of temperate regions -- Arctic tundra -- Alpine plants of tropical mountains -- Trees that shut down during severe continental winters -- A love-hate relationship: plants and animals -- Plants under attack -- How plants survive the onslaught -- How seed plants reproduce -- The complexities of flower pollination -- The pollinators -- Dispersal of seeds and fruits -- The agents of seed dispersal -- The tables turned: plants that eat animals -- Mostly hidden relationships: plants, fungi, and bacteria -- Fungi -- Lichens -- Bacteria -- Viruses -- Plant evolution through the ages: an overview.;

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650 0 a| Botany.=| ^A6452;

650 0 a| Plant ecology.=| ^A362848;

650 0 a| Plant communities.=| ^A47106;

700 1 a| Lucas, Rob,d| 1940-=| ^A652462;

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The nature of plants : habitats, challenges, and adaptations / John Dawson & Rob Lucas.

Author/creator	Dawson, John
Other author	Lucas, Rob, 1940-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Portland : Timber Press, ©2005.
Description	314 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	Plants. Botany. Plant ecology. Plant communities.

Contents	The freeloaders: plants using plants -- The plumbing system of plants -- Climbing to the light: the vines -- Living in the treetops: the epiphytes -- Plant pirates: the parasites -- Not enough water: the plants of deserts and seasonally arid places -- Why there are deserts -- The hot deserts: landforms and habitats -- Plant strategies for desert survival: the hot deserts of North America -- Hot deserts outside North America: the temperate deserts -- Seasonal drought in Mediterranean climates -- Seasonal drought in savannas -- Rising from the ashes: plants and fire -- The sprouters -- The seeders -- Fire and vegetation in human times -- Serpentine and salt: coping with toxic soils -- Serpentine soils -- Halophytes: plants that grow on salty soils -- Too much water: plants of rivers, lakes, swamps, and margins of the sea -- Submerged plants -- Plants with leaves that float on the surface -- Plants that float -- Plants with stems, leaves, and flowers that rise above the water -- Plants of river flood zones --
Contents	Too cold for trees: mountain and arctic plants -- Alpine plants of temperate regions -- Arctic tundra -- Alpine plants of tropical mountains -- Trees that shut down during severe continental winters -- A love-hate relationship: plants and animals -- Plants under attack -- How plants survive the onslaught -- How seed plants reproduce -- The complexities of flower pollination -- The pollinators -- Dispersal of seeds and fruits -- The agents of seed dispersal -- The tables turned: plants that eat animals -- Mostly hidden relationships: plants, fungi, and bacteria -- Fungi -- Lichens -- Bacteria -- Viruses -- Plant evolution through the ages: an overview.
Local note	Little-346594--305131051994+
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-300) and index.
LCCN	2004014251
ISBN	0881926752 (hardback)
ISBN	9780881926750 (hardback)

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