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ALL FLESH IS GRASS
PLANT-ANIMAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS |
| By: |
Joseph Seckbach (Editor), Zvy Dubinsky (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£249.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
940073378X |
| ISBN 13: |
9789400733787 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
5 December, 2012 |
| Edition: |
2011 ed. |
| Series: |
Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology 16 |
| Pages: |
532 |
| Description: |
This book traces the interrelation of plants and animals from early terrestrial life to modern agriculture. Thirty-eight authors offer studies describing carnivorous plants, nectar-producing plants, and the harnessing of bees by humans, to pollinate crops. |
| Synopsis: |
This new book takes us through a journey from early life to modern agriculture. The thirty eight authors present current studies on the interrelation of plants-animals. This topic has always fascinated man, as evidenced even by the first chapters of Genesis. The world of aqueous and terrestrial fauna appeared on early earth only after the flora covered the areas with the green pigmentation. Almost all life depends upon sunlight via the photosynthesis of the botanical world. We read abut the harnessing of bee pollination of crops to make it an essential component of modern agriculture endeavor. Some plants seduce insects for pollination by their appearance (e.g., disguised orchids entice visitors); there is the production of sweet nectar as a bribe in flowers to attract bees, butterflies, and honey-sucking birds. A particular outstanding phenomena are the carnivorous plants that have developed trapping and digesting systems of insects and higher animals. |
| Illustrations: |
XVI, 532 p. |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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