AUTOR/ES: Stern
ISBN: 9780072930382
AÑO: 2003
EDICION: 7ª
IDIOMA: Inglés
ENCUADERNACIÓN: Tapa dura
PÁGINAS: 640
FIGURAS: Profusamente ilustrado
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DE INTERES PARA: Ecología y Medio Ambiente Biología
RELACIONADOS: Ciencias Ambientales
PUNTOS CLAVE: Reading level and amount of information is presented at an accessible level for non-science majors. Many students are taking botany as an elective or don't have a strong science background and need a book that won't be overwhelming. Traditional, micro-macro approach (cells to ecology) to organizing chapters. Gives students a foundation upon which to understand anatomy, physiology, and ecology of plants. Popular appendices on care of houseplants and poisonous plants have been thoroughly updated. New material on medicinal plants has also been added. One of the hallmarks of the Stern text, these highly regarded appendices will be more current and useful than ever. Comprehensive Online Learning Center offers PowerPoint lectures, botanical case studies, an on-line Study Guide, interactive web activities, hot links to cool sites, practice quizzing, sample syllabi and much more. Also featured will be animations on life cycles, a photo gallery, ecological applications, and a greatly expanded reference to medicinal and herbal plants. Chapter 14 has been completely rewritten and now features a new section on crop plant evolution, including discussions of origins of agriculture and steps in domestication. Additional updates include:· New section on plant breeding, including breeding strategies, gene banks, protoplast fusion and transgenic plants· Updated discussion of the pros and cons of transgenic plants· 22 new photos · New illustration: Origins of crop plants· Glossary definitions updated and several new words added. Can I show you how Chapter 14 has been updated in this edition? Chapter 13 has been completely reorganized and features a new Awareness Box: The Polymerase Chain Reaction. The reader will also find new sections on cytogenetics, extranuclear DNA and quantitative genetics. Additional updates to Chapter 13 include:· Completely revised section on gene expression· Mutation section revised and expanded· Barbara McClintock's discovery of transposable elements introduced· New figure: Linkage map of pea· Glossary definitions updated and several new words added Changes to Chapter 3: Cells· Re-organization of the chapter topics to provide a more logical presentation of cellular components.· Careful revision of all content as suggested by reviewers of the 8th edition.· Incorporation of 6 new figures, including transmission and scanning electron micrographs of cell structure. A new ¿roadmap¿ cell has also been incorporated into the artwork to guide readers more easily through cellular components.· Complete re-writes of the Introduction, Modern Microscopes, Cell Structure and Communication, Cell Wall, Cellular Components, and parts of other sections.· Inclusion of a general theme that guides readers through a journey of the plant cell as a voyage. While the essence of the best-selling Stern text has remained, you'll notice several solid updates and changes. One is Chapter 3. Can I show you what's changed? Changes to Chapter 10: Plant Metabolism include:· Careful revision of all content as suggested by reviewers of the 8th edition.· Consistent use of terminology for NAD/NADH, NADP/NADPH, and FAD/FADH2 redox couples throughout both text and figures.· Simplification of complex topics and shortening of the Chapter Summary to convey more basic information.· Addition of a short section on Enzymes and Energy Transfer to provide basic information about Plant Metabolism.· Addition of a Summary Table for ATP Production in Cellular Respiration.· Addition of a short section on Secondary Metabolism.· Inclusion of a text box entitled ¿Photosynthesis and Pizza¿ for greater student appeal.· Incorporation of 8 new/revised figures, including an overview of Plant Metabolism and details of reactions in the thylakoid membrane. Chapter 16 has been revised to reflect current classification schemes. The revised classification is this adopted in ensuing chapters. The Medicinal Uses of Plant appendix has been heavily updated and expanded. A new feature for the ninth edition is an illustration of the cell that serves as a ¿map¿ for the student. This art is first introduced as a large illustration of the cell (Fig. 3. 4). In subsequent figures it is coupled with other images illustrating the various components of the cell. For example, as the student is shown the cell wall (Fig. 3.6), the plasma membrane (Fig. 3. 7), the inner and outer membranes, nuclear pores, chromatin, and nucleolus (Fig. 3.8), the endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes (Fig. 3.9), the dictyosome (Fig. 3.10), the chloroplasts (Fig. 3.11), and the mitochrondrion (Fig. 3.13), on each of these pieces of art they can refer to the smaller image of the entire cell and orientate themselves. This new feature has also been applied to difficult concepts in Chapter 10. Expanded coverage of ecological topics. Chapter 25 (Ecology) has been updated and revised. Ecological Review Boxes help students make connections between the material in the text and related ecological issues.
CONTENIDOS: This introductory text assumes little prior scientific knowledge on the part of the student. It includes sufficient information for some shorter introductory botany courses open to both majors and nonmajors, and is arranged so that certain sections can be omitted without disrupting the overall continuity of the course. Stern emphasizes current interests ethnobotanical while presenting basic botanical principles.
INDICE: 1 What Is Plant Biology? 2 The Nature of Life 3 Cells 4 Tissues 5 Roots and Soils 6 Stems 7 Leaves 8 Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds 9 Water in Plants 10 Plant Metabolism 11 Growth 12 Meiosis and Alternation of Generations 13 Genetics 14 Plant Breeding and Propagation 15 Evolution 16 Plant Names and Classification 17 Kingdom Bacteria, Kingdom Archaea, and Viruses 18 Kingdom Protista 19 Kingdom Fungi 20 Introduction to the Plant Kingdom: Brophytes 21 The Seedless Vascular Plants: Ferns and Their Relatives 22 Introduction to Seed Plants: Gymnosperms 23 Seed Plants: Angiosperms 24 Flowering Plants and Civilization 25 Ecology 26 Biomes Appendix 1 Scientific Names of Organisms Mentioned in the Text Appendix 2 Biological Controls Appendix 3 Useful and Poisonous Plants, Fungi, and Algae Appendix 4 House Plants and Home Gardening Appendix 5 Metric Equivalents and Conversion Tables
DATOS DEL AUTOR: Kingsley Stern Kingsley Stern is currently Professor Emeritus of Botany at California State University, Chico. He received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the California Botanical Society.