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Plants & People

James D. Mauseth

©2013  
ISBN: 9781449657178

Plants play a role in the environment, in food, beverage, and drug production, as well as human health. Written for the introductory, non-science major course, Plants and People outlines the practical, economical, and environmental aspects of plants' interaction with humans and the earth. Mauseth provides comprehensive coverage of plants in the environment --global warming, deforestation, biogeography -- as well as the role plants play in food, fiber, and medicine.
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  • 18 pages
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    Chapter 1 Introduction
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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  • 22 pages
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    Chapter 2 Whole Plants: Introduction to Plant Bodies,
    Growth Forms, and Life Spans
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 3 Cells, Tissues, and Organs: The Microscopic
    Components of Plant Structure
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 4 Basic Metabolism, Translocation of Water,
    and Mineral Nutrition
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 5 Energy Metabolism: Photosynthesis and Respiration
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    Chapter 6 Genes Environment and Development
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 7 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction: Gametes,
    Spores, and Reproductive Organs
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    Chapter 8 Genetics: Transferring Information from
    Generation to Generation
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 9 Adapting to Changing Environments: Evolution,
    Diversification, and Systematics
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 10 Plant Biogeography: The Distribution of
    Plants on Drifting, Changing Continents
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 11 Climate Change: The Roles of People, Plants,
    and Carbon Dioxide
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 12 Agriculture and the Biosphere
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 13 Food Plants: Plants that Make Our Lives
    Possible
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 14 Spices and Herbs: Plants that Make Eating
    Fun
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    Chapter 15 Plants as Sources of Medicines, Drugs, and
    Psychoactive Compounds
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 16 Fibers, Wood, and Chemicals: Plants that
    Clothe and House Us
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 17 Ornamental Plants: Plants that Refresh Us
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 18 Algae and Fungi: Close (and Not-So-Close)
    Relatives of Plants
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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    Chapter 19 Glossary
    Author: James D. Mauseth

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