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The private life of plants : a natural history of plant behaviour

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  • "Private life of plants"@it

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  • "Based on the immensely popular six-part BBC program that will air in the U.S. and Canada during the fall of 1995, this book offers what writer/filmmaker David Attenborough is best known for delivering: an intimate view of the natural world wherein a multitude of miniature dramas unfold. In the program and book, both titled The Private Life of Plants, Attenborough treks through rainforests, mountain ranges, deserts, beaches, and home gardens to show us things we might never have suspected about the vegetation that surrounds us. With their extraordinary sensibility, plants compete endlessly for survival and interact with animals and insects: they can see, count, communicate, adjust position, strike, and capture. Attenborough makes the plant world a vivid place for readers, who in this book can enjoy the tour at their own pace, taking in the lively descriptions and nearly 300 full-color photos showing plants in fascinating detail. The author reveals to us the aspects of plants' lives that seem hidden from view, such as fighting, avoiding or exploiting predators or neighbors, and struggling to find food, increase their territories, reproduce themselves, and establish their place in the sun. Among the most outstanding examples, the acacia can communicate with other acacias and repel enemies that might eat their leaves, the orchid can impersonate female wasps to attract males and ensure the spreading of its pollen, the Venus's flytrap can take other organisms captive and consume them. Covering this remarkable range of information with enthusiasm and clarity, Attenborough helps us to look anew at the vegetation on which all life depends and which has an intriguing life of its own. He has created a book sure to please the plant lover and any other reader interested in exploring the natural world."
  • "Informatie in woord en beeld over hoe planten zich verspreiden, hoe ze voedsel verwerven, groeien en bloeien, en hoe ze samenwerken en tegen elkaar werken."

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  • "Populárně-naučné publikace"
  • "Blindendruck"
  • "Einführung"

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  • "Soukromý život rostlin"
  • "Het verborgen leven van de planten : een natuurlijke historie van het gedrag van de planten"
  • "Singmul ŭi sasaenghwal : singmul haengdong ŭi chayŏnsa"
  • "The private life of plants : a natural history of plant behaviour"@en
  • "The private life of plants : a natural history of plant behaviour"
  • "Das geheime Leben der Pflanzen : wie Pflanzen sich orientieren, verständigen, fortbewegen, ums Überleben kämpfen ; eine neue Sicht der Pflanzenwelt"
  • "Das geheime Leben der Pflanzen : wie Pflanzen sich orientieren, verständigen, fortbewegen, ums Überleben kämpfen : eine neue Sicht aus der Pflanzenwelt"
  • "La vida privada de las plantas : historia natural del comportamiento botánico"@es
  • "La vida privada de las plantas : historia natural del comportamiento botánico"
  • "Private life of plants"
  • "Zasebno življenje rastlin"@sl
  • "The private life of plants : a natural history of plant behavior"
  • "Das geheime Leben der Pflanzen : wie Pflanzen sich orientieren, verständigen, fortbewegen, ums Überleben kämpfen - eine neue Sicht der Pflanzenwelt"
  • "The private life of plants"@en
  • "The private life of plants a natural history of plant behaviour"@en
  • "Kasvien salaperäinen elämä"@fi
  • "Das geheime Leben der Pflanzen"
  • "La vita segreta delle piante : storia naturale del comportamento dei vegetali"
  • "La vita segreta delle piante : storia naturale del comportamento dei vegetali"@it
  • "Das geheime Leben der Pflanzen wie Pflanzen sich orientieren, verständigen, fortbewegen, ums Überleben kämpfen ; eine neue Sicht der Pflanzenwelt"
  • "The Private life of plants: a natural history of plant behaviour"@en
  • "식물의사생활 : 식물행동의자연사"
  • "The Private life of plants"@en
  • "The private life of plants: the complete series, David Attenborough"@en

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