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The ecology of plants, 2nd edn.
The ecology of plants, 2nd edn.J Gurevitch, SM Scheiner,
Fox GA. 2006. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates Inc.
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It is quite unusual these days in ecological publishing to find a general textbook that deals specifically with the botanical aspects of ecology. Almost all texts in this subject combine animals, plants and microbes within the same covers, partly because all kingdoms are intricately mixed in the configuration of the ecosystem, partly because almost all university ecology classes are taught in an interdisciplinary manner, and perhaps also because the teaching of the subject is thought to benefit from a concentration on interactions between both species and kingdoms. Whatever the reasons, the publication
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