Introductory Botany Plants, People, and the Environment

Name: Introductory Botany Plants, People, and the Environment
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ISBN: 9780495384786

ISBN-10: 049538478X

ISBN-13: 9780495384786

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Linda R. Berg

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Clear and engaging, Linda Berg's INTRODUCTORY BOTANY: PLANTS, PEOPLE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT helps you develop an appreciation of the diverse organisms we call plants, including their remarkable adaptations to the environment and their evolutionary and ecological relationships. Filled with fascinating feature boxes, intriguing chapter-opening stories, and other applied content, the text contains interesting and topical information that will pique your curiosity and help you succeed in your course. Berg shows you the many ways in which plants are fascinating in their own right, important for the existence of all life on Earth, and useful for humans in all aspects of our lives. INTRODUCTORY…

Book details

List price: $329.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 3/23/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 648
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.630
Language: English




An Introduction to the Science of Botany



The Chemical Composition of Cells



Plant Cells



Metabolism in Cells



Plant Tissues and the Multicellular Plant Body



Plant Organs: Roots



Plant Organs: Stems



Plant Organs: Leaves



Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds



Mineral Nutrition and Transport in Plants



Growth Responses and Regulation of Growth



Mitosis, Meiosis, and Life Cycles



Patterns of Inheritance



The Molecular Basis of Inheritance



Genetic Frontiers



Continuity Through Evolution



The Evolution of Populations and Species



The Classification of Plants and Other Organisms



Viruses and Prokaryotes



Kingdom Protista



Kingdom Fungi



Introduction to the Plant Kingdom: Bryophytes



The Plant Kingdom: Seedless Vascular Plants



The Plant Kingdom: Gymnosperms



The Plant Kingdom: Flowering Plants



Ecosystems



Biomes of the World