Product Description: A detailed account of the species and distribution map accompany the images, along with a color bar indicating flowering period. The more than 2,500 beautiful images have been taken by specialist photographer Herbert Stärker, and show the important diagnostic details for each species...read more

Product Description: On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. Fossil and phylogenetic evidence suggests that chlorophyll, the green pigment responsible for coloring these organisms, has been in existence for some 85% of Earth’s long history—that is, for roughly 3...read more

Product Description: There are hundreds of thousands of plant species on Earth, from liverworts less than an inch tall to giant redwood trees that reach hundreds of feet into the sky. With their great variety of forms, plants have adapted to nearly every type of habitat...read more

This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in botany. Also, by exposing students to society's historical connection to plants, Levetin and McMahon hope to instill a greater appreciation for the botanical world. "Plants and Society" covers basic principles of botany with strong emphasis on the economic aspects and social implications of plants and fungi.

This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in botany. Also, by exposing students to society's historical connection to plants, Levetin and McMahon hope to instill a greater appreciation for the botanical world.Plants and Society covers basic principles of botany with strong emphasis on the economic aspects and social implications of plants and fungi.

This introductory text assumes little prior scientific knowledge on the part of the student. It includes sufficient information for some shorter introductory botany courses open to both majors and nonmajors, and is arranged so that certain sections can be omitted without disrupting the overall continuity of the course. Stern emphasizes current interests while presenting basic botanical principles.

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Product Description: Alle organisatorischen Zusammenhange und Ablaufe in einem Produktionsbetrieb werden in diesem dreibandigen Standardwerk behandelt. Die Bande beschreiben Aufgaben, Losungen und Methoden in den einzelnen Bereichen eines solchen Betriebes und liefern damit das Basiswissen zu seiner Optimierung in der Ausrichtung auf den Markt und seine Bedurfnisse...read more