Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry
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Ecological biochemistry concerns the biochemistry of interactions between animals, plants and the environment, and includes such diverse subjects as plant adaptations to soil pollutants and the effects of plant toxins on herbivores. The intriguing dependence of the Monarch butterfly on its host plants is chosen as an example of plant-animal coevolution in action. The ability to isolate trace amounts of a substance from plant tissues has led to a wealth of new research, and the fourth edition of this well-known text has consequently been extensively revised. New sections have been provided on the cost of chemical defence and on the release of predator-attracting volatiles from plants. New information has been included on cyanogenesis, the protective role of tannins in plants and the phenomenon of induced defence in plant leaves following herbivory. Advanced level students and research workers aloke will find much of value in this comprehensive text, written by an acknowledged expert on this fascinating subject.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0123246857
ISBN13:9780123246851
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Academic Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.39 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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Excellent Introduction to a Complex Field
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I have used J. B. Harborne's Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry in a number of my ecology courses. I find it and examples from it particularly helpful in exciting my ecology and plant ecology students about the molecular aspects of what they are observing at the macroscopic level. Well written and accessible with depth to follow. More Biology and Ecology students should read this before taking Organic Chemistry- it would really whet their appetite.
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