Plants
A Very Short Introduction
Price: 350.00 INR
We sell our titles through other companies
Disclaimer :You will be redirected to a third party website.The sole responsibility of supplies, condition of the product, availability of stock, date of delivery, mode of payment will be as promised by the said third party only. Prices and specifications may vary from the OUP India site.
ISBN:
9780199584062
Publication date:
23/05/2012
Paperback
152 pages
181x119mm
Price: 350.00 INR
We sell our titles through other companies
Disclaimer :You will be redirected to a third party website.The sole responsibility of supplies, condition of the product, availability of stock, date of delivery, mode of payment will be as promised by the said third party only. Prices and specifications may vary from the OUP India site.
ISBN:
9780199584062
Publication date:
23/05/2012
Paperback
152 pages
Timothy Walker
Looks at what plants are, how they grow, how we use them, and how we can look after them for the next generation,Examines how plants evolved and how they cope on dry land, including their reproduction and dispersal,Explores how this group of organisms is organized into botanical classifications,Considers how we have manipulated plants to provide for our needs, and how we can preserve this botanical inheritance for future generations,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over five million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Timothy Walker
Description
Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in their many other uses in wood and paper, and in providing medicines. Their aesthetic importance too in our parks and gardens as well as in wildflower meadows and great forests should not be underestimated.
In this Very Short Introduction Timothy Walker, Director of the Botanical Gardens in Oxford, provides a concise account of the nature of plants, their
variety, their evolution, and their importance and uses, stressing the need and efforts for their conservation for future generations.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Timothy Walker, Director of the University of Oxford Botanic GardenTimothy Walker has degrees in both botany and horticulture, and has been director of the Botanic Garden in Oxford for 23 years.
Timothy Walker
Table of contents
1:What is a plant?
2:Living on dry land
3:Making more plants
4:Moving around
5:Making sense of plant diversity
6:What have plants ever done for us?
7:Looking after the plants that support us
Timothy Walker
Description
Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in their many other uses in wood and paper, and in providing medicines. Their aesthetic importance too in our parks and gardens as well as in wildflower meadows and great forests should not be underestimated.
In this Very Short Introduction Timothy Walker, Director of the Botanical Gardens in Oxford, provides a concise account of the nature of plants, their
variety, their evolution, and their importance and uses, stressing the need and efforts for their conservation for future generations.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Timothy Walker, Director of the University of Oxford Botanic GardenTimothy Walker has degrees in both botany and horticulture, and has been director of the Botanic Garden in Oxford for 23 years.
Table of contents
1:What is a plant?
2:Living on dry land
3:Making more plants
4:Moving around
5:Making sense of plant diversity
6:What have plants ever done for us?
7:Looking after the plants that support us
A Primer of Population Genetics and Genomics
Daniel L. Hartl
Lewis Wolpert
Matthew Cobb
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
Benjamin Roche, Hélène Broutin, Frédéric Simard
Chris Cooper
Jay F. Storz
Jamie A. Davies
Jamie A. Davies
David L. Kirchman
Michael Fairhurst
