Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry

by J.B. Harborne

Book Overview

Ecological biochemistry concerns the biochemistry of interactions between animals, plants and the environment, and includes such diverse subjects as plant adaptations to soil pollutants and the effects of plant toxins on herbivores. The intriguing dependence of the Monarch butterfly on its host plants is chosen as an example of plant-animal coevolution in action. The ability to isolate trace amounts of a substance from plant tissues has led to a wealth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123246857
• ISBN13: 9780123246851
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Introduction to a Complex Field

I have used J. B. Harborne's Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry in a number of my ecology courses. I find it and examples from it particularly helpful in exciting my ecology and plant ecology students about the molecular aspects of what they are observing at the macroscopic level. Well written and accessible with depth to follow. More Biology and Ecology students should read this before taking Organic Chemistry- it would really whet their appetite.