BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE. Research has given us a better understanding of the interconnectedness of molecular biology, structure, function, and evolution. In this tenth Edition, Starr and Taggart take that important connection out of the research realm and actually interweave these insights into the text. These unifying biological concepts encourage student understanding instead of memorization. With this background, students are better prepared to understand the power of comparative molecular studies in clarifying the relationhip between plant structure and function The accompanying improvements in the media package meet the high standards instructors and students have come to expect from the Starr and Taggart media package. Students automatically receive a new version of the complimentary Interactive Concepts in Biology CD-ROM (featuring nearly 800 interactions to clarify and reinforce text concepts), and four months free access to InfoTrac } College Edition (featuring full text articles from 4,000 periodicals). Also available is Engage Online, which provides a rich online version of the text, plus animations and learning resources for every chapter. The instructor package includes a Multimedia Manager presentation tool with art and graphics from the text, as well as CNN} Today video clips (294 in all)--now available digitally as well as on video.Introduction. 1. Plant Tissues. 2. Plant Nutrition and Transport. 3. Plant Reproduction. 4. Plant Growth and Development.  (less)

refers to more advanced material in an annotated bibliography.brProfessor Peter Westhoff and his team of eminent co-authors have developed this text from a highly acclaimed German version, bringing it up to date and referring students to English language review articles. The accessible textual material is enhanced by the inclusion of boxes and definitions, plentiful two-color illustratios, and an extensive glossary.brCh. 1. A brief introduction to this textbookbrCh. 2. What is development?brCh. 3. The genetic analysis of developmental processes - methodologybrCh. 4. The genetic matter of a plant cell is compatible - structure and expression of subgenomesbrCh. 5. Light, plant hormones and the inner clock as inductors and modulators of developmentbrCh. 6. Phases in the life-cycle of a flowering plantbrCh. 7. Pathogens and symbiotic genes as growth modulatorsbr  (less)

more than 5000 years to the Early Formative Period. This island and its flora and vegetation are intricately linked to the development of the earliest pre-Columbian agrarian and maritime civilizations. After European contact in the 15th century, the island became an important centre for trade and its extensive forests were an important resource for the ship-building industry of the entire South Pacific.This book provides information on the Island's geography, geology, climate, socioeconomy, infrastructure, and history of botanical exploration. The vegetation of the island is described in terms of plant communities, structure, floristic composition, dynamics, and phenology. A chapter is devoted to the history of plant use from the pre-Columbian epoch and up to the present day. The famous balsa rafts with sails made of domesticated native cotton impressed the Spanish naval engineers and sailors. In the 16th century, Lima, the Peruvian capital, was build on mangrove woods exploited from Puna Island and the Gulf of Guayaquil. Present day ethnobotany on the island is presented and it is shown that vernacular plant names suggest separate dialect areas.This is the first documented flora for Puna Island. It contains brief descriptions and keys to identification of all 431 known native and naturalised plant species on the Island. Approximately 15% of the Island's plant species are endemic to southwestern Ecuador and adjacent Peru, and23% are shared with the Galapagos Islands. The area of distribution, uses, and phenology of the various species is also described. The main cultivated plants are also listed with notes on uses, origin and introduction to the Island. This study of the vegetation on one island offers more than plant information, it also provides an insight into the conditions under which the inhabitants lived and used the available flora.  (less)