John Dawson (1) (1928–)
Auteur van Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest
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The nature of plants : habitats, challenges, and… door John Dawson
Contents: The freeloaders - plants using plants; Not enough water - the plants of deserts and seasonally arid places; Rising from the ashes - plants and fire; Serpentine and salt - coping with toxic soils; Too much water - plants of rivers, lakes, swamps and margins of the sea; Too cold for trees - mountain and arctic plants; A love-hate relationship - plants and animals; Mostly hidden relationships - plants, fungi and bacteria; Plant evolution through the ages - an overview
he Nature of Plants tells how plants adapt to the challenges of their habitats. Plants may live in places that provide too little rainfall, yet they thrive, either by evading drought, like the animals that live in deserts, or by tolerating the scarcity. There are plants that use other plants, climbing on them, strangling some, living in their leafy canopies, or parasitizing them. And The Nature of Plants explores the love-hate relationships that plants have with animals, some feeding on plants but others drawn into serving plants by pollinating them, scattering their fruits and seeds, or being eaten themselves. The mostly hidden associations that plants have with bacteria and fungi are also revealed. Illustrated throughout with superb color photographs, it is written in a way that is clear to anyone who wishes to understand the life of plan… (meer)
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