Mabberley's Plant-book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary provides ...

In this striking study, science writer Black (The Last Days of the Dinosaurs) presents vignettes illustrating the complex ...

Mabberley's Plant-book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary provides ...

complex food webs, in homogenous vs. heterogeneous systems, in communities dominated by nonvascular plants (i.e., algae), and in systems where impalatable plants don't replace those that have been ...

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Stephen Hales was the first to suggest that water flow in plants is governed by the C-T mechanism; in his 1727 book Hales states "for without perspiration the [water] must stagnate ...

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Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz. The celebrity chef’s ...

Vascular plants make up most plants on Earth and include trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns and grasses. They have a circulatory system, unlike non-vascular plants such as mosses and liverworts.

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor. A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones ...

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...

The nine-book series, was originally published in 2011, and adapted into a hit TV show The Expanse, which adapted six out of the nine books in the series. Who should read: Readers who are ...