Demons in Eden The Paradox of Plant Diversity

Name: Demons in Eden The Paradox of Plant Diversity
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ISBN: 9780226757728

ISBN-10: 0226757722

ISBN-13: 9780226757728

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jonathan Silvertown

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Jonathan Silvertown here explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary novelties-and exotic plant life-have earned it the sobriquet 0;the Galapagos of botany.1; Along the way, Silvertown looks closely at the evolution of plant diversity in these locales and explains why such variety persists in light of ecological patterns and evolutionary processes. In novel and useful ways, he also investigates the current state of…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 202
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.54" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Preface 1. An Evolving Eden 2. The Tree of Trees 3. Succulent Isles 4. Demon Mountain 5. The Panama Paradox 6. Nix Nitch 7. Liebig's Revenge 8. Florida! 9. New Demons? 10. The End of Eden? Scientific Names of Plants Mentioned in the Text Sources and Further Reading Index