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A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener ... More

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Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: the bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the ... More

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Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations throughout the world.'ECOS 'The numerous diagrams, tables ... More

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...the book offers a platform to raise thought-provoking questions and encourages in-depth analyses to bridge the gulf between ethnobotany and ... More

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This book provides an overview of indigenous relationships to plants in Aboriginal Australia. The book spans the gap between botany and indigenous ... More

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Virginia Nazarea now makes a case for preserving cultural memory along with biodiversity. Interweaving a wealth of ecological and cognitive data with ... More

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Originally published on the 100th anniversary of the science of ethnobotany, this voume provides a comprehensive summary of the history and modern ... More

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Following in the footsteps of the successful first edition, this updated volume continues to offer the latest findings and research breakthroughs in ... More

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Ever since the concept of the "struggle for life" became the heart of Darwin 's theory of evolution, biologists have studied the relevance of ... More

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Part Of The Jones & Bartlett Learning Special Topics In Biology Series! Plants Play A Role In The Environment, In Food, Beverage, And Drug Production ... More

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People have long used wild plants as food and medicine, and for a myriad of other important cultural applications. While these plants and the ... More

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"The text itself is useful, entertaining, and informative. In addition, each chapter is a model for modern ethnobotanical studies. Rather than simply ... More

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A concise, descriptive overview of mangrove plants, with emphasis on individual species.

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A richly illustrated text now in its third edition, "Physiological Plant Ecology" explores the vital processes of plants in interaction with the ... More

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This volume deals with the Synurophyceae, a group of silica scaled chrysophyte algae. Taxonomy within this class is based on the ultrastructure of ... More

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Plant ecology is the scientific study of the factors influencing the distribution and abundance of plants. This textbook takes a fresh look at the ... More

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Countless ants transport and deposit seeds and thereby influence the survival, death, and evolution of many plant species. In higher plants, seed ... More

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In this book we undertake one of the first global-scale comparisons of the relationships between tropical plants and frugivorous animal communities, ... More

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