Plant Allometry (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)

Karl J. Niklas

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Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced exciting results in research on animals. Now distinguished plant biologist Karl J. Niklas has written the first book to apply allometry to studies of the evolution, morphology, physiology, and reproduction of plants.
Niklas covers a broad spectrum of plant life, from unicellular algae to towering trees, including fossil as well as extant taxa. He examines the relation between organic size and variations in plant form, metabolism, reproduction, and evolution, and draws on the zoological literature to develop allometric techniques for the peculiar problems of plant height, the relation between body mass and body length, and size-correlated variations in rates of growth. For readers unfamiliar with the basics of allometry, an appendix explains basic statistical methods.
For botanists interested in an original, quantitative approach to plant evolution and function, and for zoologists who want to learn more about the value of allometric techniques for studying evolution, "Plant Allometry" makes a major contribution to the study of plant life.

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Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1994
First published:	October 1994
Authors:	Karl J. Niklas
Dimensions:	155 x 229 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	412
Edition:	2nd Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-58081-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant physiology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-58081-4
Barcode:	9780226580814