How Long to Read Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants

How Long Does it Take to Read Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 32 minutes to read Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants by Simcha Lev-Yadun

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Description

This book presents visual plant defenses (camouflage, mimicry and aposematism via coloration, morphology and even movement) against herbivores. It is mainly an ideological monograph, a manifesto representing my current understanding on defensive plant coloration and related issues. The book is not the final word in anything, but rather the beginning of many things. It aims to establish visual anti-herbivory defense as an integral organ of botany, or plant science as it is commonly called today. I think that like in animals, many types of plant coloration can be explained by selection associated with the sensory/cognitive systems of herbivores and predators to reduce herbivory. It is intended to intrigue and stimulate students of botany/plant science and plant/animal interactions for a very long time. This book is tailored to a readership of biologists and naturalists of all kinds and levels, and more specifically for botanists, ecologists, evolutionists and to those interested in plant/animal interactions. It is written from the point of view of a naturalist, ecologist and evolutionary biologist that I hold, considering natural selection as the main although not the only drive for evolution. According to this perspective, factors such as chance, founder effects, genetic drift and various stochastic processes that may and do influence characters found in specific genotypes, are not comparable in their power and influence to the common outcomes of natural selection, especially manifested when very many species belonging to different plant families, with very different and separate evolutionary histories, arrive at the same adaptation, something that characterizes many of the visual patterns and proposed adaptations described and discussed in this book. Many of the discussed visual defensive mechanisms are aimed at operating before the plants are damaged, i.e., to be their first line of defense. In this respect, I think that the name of the book by Ruxton et al. (2004) "Avoiding Attack" is an excellent phrase for the assembly of the best types of defensive tactics. While discussing anti-herbivory, I do remember, study and teach physiological/developmental aspects of some of the discussed coloration patterns, and I am fully aware of the simultaneous and diverse functions of many plant characters in addition to defense.

How long is Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants?

Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants by Simcha Lev-Yadun is 385 pages long, and a total of 98,175 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 120% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 56 minutes to read Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants aloud.

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Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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