Botany An Introduction to Plant Biology

Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Third Edition provides an updated, thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. The topics and chapters are organized in a sequence that is easy to follow, beginning with the most familiar -- structure -- and proceeding to the less familiar -- metabolism -- then finishing with those topics that are probably the least familiar to most beginning students -- genetics, evolution, the diversity of organisms, and ecology. Plant Biology Tutor CD-ROM - Now included with every copy purchased from Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Throughout the text, three key principles are stressed: evolution by natural selection analysis of botanical phenomenon the diversity of structures and metabolisms In addition, the author believes that a knowledge of evolution by natural selection is essential for understanding biological structures and processes and therefore places emphasis on Evolution by Natural Selection.Mauseth, James D. is the author of 'Botany An Introduction to Plant Biology', published 2003 under ISBN 9780763721343 and ISBN 0763721344.