To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Academic & Professional Books  Botany  Plants & Gardens

Air Plants Epiphytes and Aerial Gardens

By: David H Benzing
239 pages, 6 plates with colour photos, 37 b/w photos, 32 b/w illustrations, 12 tables
Air Plants
Click to have a closer look
  • Air Plants ISBN: 9780801450433 Hardback Jun 2012 Out of stock with supplier: order now to get this when available
    £43.00
    #198338
Price: £43.00
About this book Contents Customer reviews Related titles

About this book

Often growing far above the ground, "air plants" (or epiphytes) defy many of our common perceptions about plants. The majority use their roots only for attachment in the crowns of larger, usually woody plants--or to objects such as rocks and buildings--and derive moisture and nutrients from the atmosphere and by collecting falling debris. Only the mistletoes are true parasites. Epiphytes are not anomalies and there are approximately 28,000 species--about 10 percent of the higher or vascular plants--that grow this way. Many popular houseplants, including numerous aroids, bromeliads, ferns, and orchids, rank among the most familiar examples.

In Air Plants, David H. Benzing takes a reader on a tour of the many taxonomic groups to which the epiphytes belong and explains in nontechnical language the anatomical and physiological adaptations that allow these plants to conserve water, thrive without the benefit of soil, and engage in unusual relationships with animals such as frogs and ants.

Benzing's comprehensive account covers topics including ecology, evolution, photosynthesis and water relations, mineral nutrition, reproduction, and the nature of the forest canopy as habitat for the free-living and parasitic epiphytes. It also pays special attention to important phenomena such as adaptive trade-offs and leaf economics. Drawing on the author's deep experience with epiphytes and the latest scientific research, this book is accessible to readers unfamiliar with technical botany; it features a lavish illustration program, references, a glossary, and tables.

Contents

1. What Is an Epiphyte?
2. The Types of Epiphytes and Their Evolutionary Origins
3. Epiphytes in Communities and Ecosystems
4. Water Management
5. Photosynthesis and Mineral Nutrition
6. Reproduction and Other Interactions with Animals
7. The Epiphytic Monocots
8. The Epiphytic Eudicots
9. The Pteridophytic Epiphytes
10. Miscellaneous Epiphytes
11. Threats and Conservation

Customer Reviews

By: David H Benzing
239 pages, 6 plates with colour photos, 37 b/w photos, 32 b/w illustrations, 12 tables
Current promotions
New and Forthcoming BooksNHBS Moth TrapBritish Wildlife MagazineBuyers Guides