Diversity and evolution of land plants / (Record no. 14095)
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| fixed length control field | 02314cam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0412442302 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 581.1/5 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Ingrouille, Martin. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Diversity and evolution of land plants / |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Chapman & Hall, |
| Year of publication | 1992. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 340 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Included Index and glossary |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. The study of diversity. 1.1. The names of organisms. 1.2. Studying plant structure. 1.3. Characters --<br/>2. The plant body: plant behaviour. 2.1. Plants are different from animals. 2.2. The environment of plants. 2.3. Plant growth and behaviour --<br/>3. The first land plants: patterns of diversity. 3.1. Plant fossils. 3.2. Algal ancestors. 3.3. An early community of land plants. 3.4. Diversifying on land. 3.5. The axis and its appendages. 3.6. The age of gymnosperms: extinct seed plant groups --<br/>4. Sex and dispersal: gametes, spores, seeds and fruits. 4.1. The alternation of generations. 4.2. The sporophyte. 4.3. The gametophyte. 4.4. Heterothallism. 4.5. Seed plants: the ovule. 4.6. A classification of land plants --<br/>5. Flowers: evolution and diversity. 5.1. The evolution of angiosperms. 5.2. Cross pollination. 5.3. Breeding systems. 5.4. Evolutionary trends. 5.5. A review of angiosperms --<br/>6. Trees: adaptations in woods and forests. 6.1. Wood anatomy. 6.2. Tree architecture. 6.3. Leaves. 6.4. Bark and periderm. 6.5. Epiphytes --<br/>7. Adaptive growth forms: the limiting physical environment. 7.1. Water relations. 7.2. The bryophytes; non-vascular plants. 7.3. Gas relations. 7.4. Aquatic plants. 7.5. Nutrient relations. 7.6. Surviving environmental extremes. 7.7. Life forms --<br/>8. Competition, herbivory and dispersal: the limiting biotic environment. 8.1. Reproductive strategies. 8.2. Herbivory. 8.3. Dispersal. 8.4. Establishment. 8.5. A behavioural classification of plants --<br/>9. Cultivated plants: conclusion. 9.1. Exploited diversity, the uses of plants. 9.2. The genetic history of crops. 9.3. Future prospects. 9.4. Conclusion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Diversity and Evolution of Land Plants provides a fresh and long overdue treatment of plant anatomy and morphology for the biology undergraduate of today. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Plant diversity. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Plants |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Biodiversity. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | Purchased | 5435.00 | 581 ING | 005074 | Reference Books |