ECOLOGY OF PLANTS, THE

'The ecology of plants' incorporates many illustrations and references. The text covers topics with the focus on the interactions between plants and their environment over a range of scales. Some of the subjects covered are unique to plants, such asphotosynthesis and the ecology of plant-soil interactions; other topics, such as resource and mate acquisition, emphasize the distinctive ways plants (in contrast to mobile animals) deal with their environments. The book emphasizes the importance ofevolutionary and other historical processes for current ecology. Throughout the text, human environmental influences are discussed.