Plant behaviour and intelligence

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This book provides a convincing argument for the view that whole cells and whole plants growing in competitive wild conditions show aspects of plant behaviour that can be accurately described as 'intelligent'. --

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Full title :Plant behaviour and intelligence / Anthony Trewavas, FRS, FRSE, University of Edinburgh.

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Publication Date:2014.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 291 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199539543, 0199539545, 9780198753681, 0198753683
oclc:ocn890389682
LC Classification:QK711.2
Dewey Decimal:575.9

A feeling for the organism -- Plant behaviour foundations -- The origins of photosynthesis : what are the salient characteristics of living systems? -- The origins of photosynthesis : the evolution of life and photosynthesis -- Why did plants become multicellular? -- Convergent evolution is common in plant systems -- Are angiosperms more complex than mammals? -- Plant behaviour : first intimations of self-organization -- The varieties of plant behaviour -- The self organizing plant : lessons from swarm intelligence -- Self-organization : cambium as the integration assessor -- Self-organizing capacity in leaf behaviour -- Self-organization and behaviour in root systems -- Self-organization in response to gravity -- Signals other than gravity -- Behavioural characteristics of seeds : elements of dormancy -- Games plants play -- Competition and cooperation between individual plants for mates and territory : the recognition of self -- The nature of intelligent behaviour : cognition or adaptation? -- Brains and nerve cells are not necessary for intelligent behaviour -- Intelligent genomes -- Cellular basis of intelligent behaviour -- Cell organization and protein networks -- Instinct, …

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behaviour Botanie (algemeen) Botany Botany -- General Evolutie Évolution Gedrag groei Growth Pflanzenphysiologie Physiologie végétale plant development Plant ecology Plant Physiological Phenomena Plant physiology Planten Plantenecologie plantenontwikkeling plantkunde Plants