cluding amateur naturalists, botany ecologicalthought are emphasized but students, and botanical illustrators. not at the expense of older established Book Also, it would aid both the high school theories. The authors successfully and college teacherin illustratingplant present as a quantitativeexact , and diversity. . Graphics, data tables and il- Reviews Danny L. McKenzie lustrationsare used effectively to sup- port the text The are Universityof SouthCarolina material. chapters organized around ecological functions EmmettWright Columbia,SC 29208 such as stability, diversity, evaluation, DepartmentEditor , competition and temporal ECOLOGY change instead of the frequently used descriptive or taxonomic ap- LIVINGIN THE ENVIRONMENT proach. This functional approach and by G. Tyler Miller, Jr. 4th ed., 1985. the fact that the authors made each Wadsworth Publishing Company topic complete in itself by reviewing BOTANY (10 Davis Drive, Belmont, CA relevant background material should 94002). 604 p. $32.00 hardback. make this book particularlyuseful in a BOTANYILLUSTRATED: first ecology course. However, ad- G. Tyler Miller, Jr. has done the INTRODUCTIONTO ; vanced students will also find it useful seemingly impossible. He has im- because the authors clearly reference MAJORGROUPS; FLOWERING Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/47/8/499/41746/4448160.pdf by guest on 29 September 2021 PLANTFAMILIES proved upon the already excellent 3rd the original papers. edition of Living in the Environment. by Janice Glimn-Lacy and Peter B. This is a very succinct overview of a The Kaufman.1984. Van Nostrand Rein- basic plan of the text continues to very comprehensive field of study. Bi- offer maximum instructional flexi- hold (135 West 50th Street, NY ology majorsand high school teachers bility. The are 10020). 302 p. $19.95 softback. introductory chapters should find this to be a very useful based on a clear presentationof matter reference. The authors describe this work as a and movement in the environ- discovery book designed for the stu- ment along with descriptions of how Hans 0. Anderson dent of botany and anyone else inter- operate and change. The IndianaUniversity ested in plants. The book is a collec- subjects that make up the rest of the Bloomington,IN 47405 tion of botanical illustrations supple- book can be studied in virtually any mented with text describing the by either college or advanced illustrations. Each page is treated as a high school students. THE PRIMARYSOURCE: TROPICAL separate subject, such as stem struc- There are invitingly short chapters FORESTSAND OUR FUTURE ture, and is faced with a page of line dealing with several aspects of popu- by Norman Myers. 1st ed. 1984. drawings. Drawings are made to scale lation, resourcesand pollution and the W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (500 and a coloring guide is provided to economic, political and ethical consid- Fifth Avenue. New York, NY allow the user to color the various erations which surround them. With a 10110).399 p. $17.95 hardback. . careful winnowing of the 3rd edition, This book is an important reference The book is divided into three sec- room has been provided in the 4th for for teachers, because it pro- tions. The first entitled "Intro- expanded treatment of , vides excellent examples and rein- duction to Plants" includes: plant mining, ground water pollution, acid forcement for the basic concept of the cells, , and , stem and rain and hazardous wastes. Many stu- global web of of which all living structure. Section two, "Major dents will be drawn to the "Enrich- things are a part. It brings right to our Groups", covers the plant groups ment Studies" on these topics to sup- door step the vital affects of tropical from to flowering plants. In plement what they have read in the forests on our daily , no matter "FloweringPlants", 54 families are de- chapters. where we live. We learn of the tre- scribed and illustrated. Readers are The book is a joy to read and to mendous potential that tropicalforests provided information relating to the teach and learn from. It deserves even have in providing solutions to some of economic and ecological value of var- more widespread use than it already ious . enjoys. Emmett Wright is a professor of Each topic or plant group is briefly, biology education and science ed- but Elwood B. Ehrle adequately, addressed with easy WesternMichigan ucation coordinatorat Kansas State to understand language. For example, Kalamazoo,MI 49008 University. Until the fall of 1984, he the page devoted to cell water move- was an associate professor of sci- ment contains information on os- ence education and director of the mosis, tugor pressure, plasmolysis PRINCIPLESOF Science TeachingCenter at the Uni- and . These phenomena are ECOLOGY by R.J. Putman and versity of Maryland. then illustrated by a diagram. Impor- S.O. Wratten. 1984. University of Readers interested in becoming tant terms are defined within the text CaliforniaPress (Berkeley and book reviewers should contact Dr. and an index and of word Los Angeles, CA). glossary $34.95 softback. Wright directly. Inquiries on this are provided. feature should be directed to him This is a very interesting and func- This textbook is the comprehensive at: tional book. Its most appealing aspect overview the of entire field of ecology Kansas State is the line drawings, which are accu- and the balanced University synthesis that the Department of Curriculumand rate and attractively composed. They authors claim it to be. Majorprinciples Instruction greatly facilitate the understanding of and tenets are presented as is evidence Bluemont Hall the text material. This book is appro- conceming accepted theories and fun- Manhattan, KS 66506 priate for a diverse audience, in- damentals. Recent developments in

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