[Taxacom] Another Botany Book and a Request

[Mark Egger]

As to Steve's request, how about the wonderful book by E.O. Wilson,  
"The Diversity of Life"? This books is a great integration of ecology  
and evolution, in my opinion...

Mark


On Nov 13, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Steve O'Kane wrote:

> Another wonderful book is Edgar Anderson's Plants, Man and Life  
> republished
> by the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1997. The book, written in 1976,  
> is, of
> course, dated but still a great read. You'll need to forgive the
> antediluvian use of male pronouns throughout.
>
> I currently teach a discussion course in Scientific "Method",  
> Ecology and
> Evolution. Among several papers, my students currently read Guns,  
> Germs and
> Steel (Diamond), Your Inner Fish (Shubin), and Why Evolution is True
> (Coyne). I've looked in vain for a book like the last two (on  
> evolution)
> that covers ecology in an equally engaging fashion. Could we start an
> Ecology Book list discussion? -- In know, I know, this is a taxonomy  
> list.
>
> Steve
>
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