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Unlike animals that can run from danger or migrate to a more hospitable environment, plants must rely on adaptations that permit them to survive where they are. The mechanisms that plants employ to survive are explained and illustrated in this primer.

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title:Plant Survival : Adapting to a Hostile World
author:Capon, Brian.
publisher:Timber Press, Inc.
isbn10 | asin:0881922838
print isbn13:9780881922837
ebook isbn13:9780585331348
language:English
subjectPlants--Adaptation--Juvenile literature, Plants, Adaptation (Biology) , Ecology.
publication date:1994
lcc:QK912.C36 1994eb
ddc:581.5
subject:Plants--Adaptation--Juvenile literature, Plants, Adaptation (Biology) , Ecology.
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Plant Survival
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Plant Survival
Adapting to a Hostile World
Written and Illustrated by
Brian Capon
Page iv Many thanks to Eve Goodman of Timber Press for her enthusiasm and - photo 4
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Many thanks to
Eve Goodman of Timber Press
for her enthusiasm and guidance
during the preparation of the manuscript
Copyright 1994 by Timber Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
TIMBER PRESS, Inc.
The Haseltine Building
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450
Portland, Oregon 97204-3527
U.S.A.
Printed in Singapore
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Capon, Brian
Plant Survival : adapting to a hostile world / written and illustrated
by Brian Capon.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-88192-283-8
1. PlantsAdaptationJuvenile literature. [1: Plants. 2. Adaptation
(Biology) 3. Ecology.] I. Title.
QK912.C36 1994
581.5dc20 93-43342
CIP
AC
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Contents
Introduction
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Chapter 1
Surviving the Changing Seasons in a Deciduous Forest
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The Temperate Zones
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What Is a Deciduous Forest?
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Preparations for Winter
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How Leaves Lose Their Hold on the Plant
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The Forest's Nutrient Cycle
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How Plants Avoid Frostbite
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The Forest's Layers
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Fast Growth in the Understory
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The Forest's Feeding Plan
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A Chance for Seeds to Germinate
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The Trees' Summer Growth
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The Forest's Water Cycle
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Pigments Unmasked
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Winding down at Year's End
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Another Year, Another Growth Cycle
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Chapter 2
Surviving the World's Worst Winters
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