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Chemical ecology is the ecology of body odour. Every organism uses chemical information in intra- and inter-specific interactions. Animals emit chemicals to attract a mate or to prevent a competitor from mating with the partner they just mated with. Plants emit chemicals to recruit other organisms to take care of their sex life or to attract bodyguards to defend them against their enemies. Chemical cues mediate a whole gamut of interactions in plant and animal communities. Chemical cues are used to communicate, but can also be exploited in espionage or eavesdropping. To understand the ecology of chemical signalling in communities one needs to carry out manipulative experiments. Such experiments have been done throughout the last century. However, in recent years the degree of precision with which such experiments can be done has grown tremendously as a result of rapidly increasing knowledge at the molecular-genetic level. This opens exciting new avenues to chemical ecologists. The connection of molecular genetics to community ecology and ecosystem ecology provides novel tools to take up old questions that were often hard to answer. This book provides an overview of chemical ecology related to different ecosystems and an outlook at novel directions that can be taken in chemical ecology through a molecular-ecological or eco-genomic approach. The book addresses above- and belowground terrestrial systems as well as aquatic systems, and the organisms involved are micro- and macro-organisms, such as plants, arthropods and mammals. The scientific approach presented in this book is characteristic of modern biological research. The book will be useful for scientists and students interested in ecology in general as well as those working in the fields of molecular, chemical, behavioural, population or community ecology.

Botany. --- Biotic communities. --- Ecology. --- Animal migration. --- Plant Science. --- Ecosystems. --- Animal Migration.

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Botany --- Botany. --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Floristic botany

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Planned in five volumes, this critical Flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British Isles. Full keys and descriptions will enable the user to name all plants occurring in the wild, plus some ornamental trees and shrubs. For the first time detailed accounts of all the large apomictic genera are given and many infraspecific variants included. Each species entry begins with the accepted Latin name, synonyms and the common English name. A detailed description follows, including information on flowering period, pollination and chromosome number. Separate descriptions are given for infraspecific taxa. Information on the status, ecology and distribution (including worldwide distribution) of the species and infraspecific taxa is also given. Clear black and white line drawings illustrate an extensive glossary and also illuminate the diagnostic features in a number of groups of plants.

Botany --- Campanulaceae --- Lobeliaceae --- Campanulales --- Botanical science --- Floristic botany --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants

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Der etablierte Bestimmungsschlüssel zur Flora der Schweiz liegt in neuer aktualisierter Auflage vor, im bewährten leichten und exkursionstauglichen Softcover-Einband. Fast die Hälfte der über 3500 aufgeschlüsselten Arten sind durch klare Abbildungen illustriert. Der Bestimmungsschlüssel ermöglicht die einfache Identifizierung von Farn- und Blütenpflanzen, die auf dem Gebiet der Schweiz wild oder verwildert wachsen. Da er auch die Nachbargebiete der Schweiz mit einbezieht, enthält er neben dem grössten Teil der Alpen- und Mitteleuropaflora auch viele submediterrane Arten. Die Schlüssel sind verständlich geschrieben und übersichtlich dargestellt, die Fachausdrücke werden in einem besonderen Verzeichnis erklärt. Das Buch eignet sich vorzüglich für Fach- und Liebhaberbotaniker zur Mitnahme auf Exkursionen und für das Pflanzenbestimmen im Unterricht.

Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Medicine. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant ecology. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Biomedicine, general. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant Sciences.

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Botany Illustrated, Second Edition This easy-to-use book helps you acquire a wealth of fascinating information about plants. There are 130 pages with text, each facing 130 pages of beautiful illustrations. Each page is a separate subject. Included is a coloring guide for the realistic illustrations. The illustration pages are composed of scientifically accurate line drawings with the true sizes of the plants indicated. Using colored pencils and the authors’ instructions, you can color the various plant structures to stand out in vivid clarity. Your knowledge of plants increases rapidly as you color the illustrations. There is a balanced selection of subjects that deal with all kinds of plants. However, the emphasis is on flowering plants, which dominate the earth. Drawings show common houseplants, vegetables, fruits, and landscape plants. They also show common weeds, wild flowers, desert plants, water plants, and crop plants. Botany Illustrated has three sections. An Introduction to Plants gives you facts on everything from cells to seeds. The Major Groups section is from fungi to algae, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. In Flowering Plant Families are magnolias to asters, and water-plantains to orchids, with the families of major interest included. You will find plants used for food, ornamentals, lumber, medicines, herbs, dyes, and fertilizers, whether wild or poisonous, or of special importance to our Earth’s ecosystem. Topics that will be of interest to you include: Why leaves ‘turn’ color in autumn How certain plants devour insects How a flower develops into a fruit with seeds Why some plants only flower at certain times of the year How water, nutrients, and sugars move within a plant, including tall trees How flowers are pollinated The ‘inside’ story of how plants manufacture their own food How plants are named and classified How vines ‘climb’ Why ‘pinching’ makes plants ‘bushy’ How plants reproduce sexually Why shoots grow towards light How specific leaf colors can indicate specific mineral deficiencies Botany Illustrated is especially easy to use because of its great flexibility. You can read the text and look at the drawings, read the text and color the drawings, or just enjoy coloring the drawings. No matter where your interests lead you, you will quickly find your knowledge of plants growing! Thus, this beautiful book will be of great value to students, scientists, artists, crafters, naturalists, home gardeners, teachers, and all plant lovers.

Botany. --- Botany --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Plant anatomy. --- Plant physiology. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Anatomy/Development. --- Plant Physiology. --- Physiology --- Plant structure --- Structural botany --- Vegetable anatomy --- Anatomy --- Structure --- Plant science. --- Plant development. --- Development of plants --- Plant development --- Developmental biology --- Growth (Plants) --- Ontogeny --- Floristic botany