Plants & People

Plants & People

Author: James D. Mauseth

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 0763785504

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Part of the Jones & Bartlett Learning Special Topics in Biology Series!Plants play a role in the environment, in food, beverage, and drug production, as well as human health. Written for the introductory, non-science major course, Plants and People outlines the practical, economical, and environmental aspects of plants' interaction with humans and the earth. Mauseth provides comprehensive coverage of plants in the environment --global warming, deforestation, biogeography -- as well as the role plants play in food, fiber, and medicine.