{"product_id":"plant-allometry-karl-j-niklas-9780226580814","title":"Plant Allometry: The Scaling of Form and Process","description":"Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced exciting results in research on animals. Now distinguished plant biologist Karl J. Niklas has written the first book to apply allometry to studies of the evolution, morphology, physiology, and reproduction of plants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Niklas covers a broad spectrum of plant life, from unicellular algae to towering trees, including fossil as well as extant taxa. He examines the relation between organic size and variations in plant form, metabolism, reproduction, and evolution, and draws on the zoological literature to develop allometric techniques for the peculiar problems of plant height, the relation between body mass and body length, and size-correlated variations in rates of growth. For readers unfamiliar with the basics of allometry, an appendix explains basic statistical methods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For botanists interested in an original, quantitative approach to plant evolution and function, and for zoologists who want to learn more about the value of allometric techniques for studying evolution, \u003ci\u003ePlant Allometry\u003c\/i\u003e makes a major contribution to the study of plant life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl J. Niklas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226580814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226580814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.88d","brand":"Karl J. Niklas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202626961663,"sku":"9780226580814","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1dac3d7a-e3ca-441c-88d3-09a5728362c1.jpg?v=1756832921","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plant-allometry-karl-j-niklas-9780226580814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}