Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Among the flowers Among the flowers David M. Schwartz Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of a variety of flowers and some of the birds and insects that need flowers to survive. Includes the sunflower, bleeding heart, daylily… OL15125598W
Evolution of plant-pollinator relationships Evolution of plant-pollinator relationships Sébastien Patiny "What are the evolutionary mechanisms and ecological implications behind a pollinator choosing its favourite flower? Sixty-five million years of evolution has created the complex and integrated syste… OL16126375W
Large herbivore ecology, ecosystem dynamics, and conservation Large herbivore ecology, ecosystem dynamics, and conservation Kjell Danell "For the purposes of this book, we define large herbivores as even-toed (Artiodactyla) and odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla) over 5 kg, and elephants (Proboscidea)"--P. 2. OL16926843W
Plant-associated toxins Plant-associated toxins Steven M. Colegate This book represents the fully edited proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Poisonous Plants which was convened in Fremantle, Western Australia in September 1993. This symposium brought t… OL19521629W
Plants and animals Plants and animals Claire Llewellyn This volume looks at the relationship between plants and animals. It includes easy-to-follow information, photographs and diagrams on how animals rely on plants for food, shelter and protection and h… OL22071695W
Induced responses to herbivory Induced responses to herbivory Richard Karban Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers,… OL2667244W
The Ghosts of Evolution The Ghosts of Evolution Connie Barlow "In October 1977, Dan Janzen, an ecologist then in his late thirties, wrote to the famous paleontologist Paul Martin, saying "I've got a screwy idea." What had led to Janzen's "screwy idea" was a mun… OL8203064W