Rooted in game theory and treating plants as strategists and gamblers,
Plant Functional Types, a undergraduate textbook, considers shape and form
as functions of differential energy allocation during the lifetime of plants.
The Achilles heel of each strategy is made poignant by looking at the effects of
global climate change on species’ survival and community composition. A fine
example of how to integrate theoretical and applied biology. Edited by T. M.
Smith, H. H. Shugart and I. Woodward, published by Cambridge University Press,
£29.95/$44.95, ISBN 0521566436.
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