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Publisher: Cengage Learning Published date: 1998 Size: 9 x 11 inches Weight: 2.65 pounds Pages: 535
Publisher's Notes
This complete introduction to the science of plant biology gives you and your students the best of both worlds: a text that thoroughly covers all the content of a typical first course in botany with just the right amount of detail to keep the text at a desirable and manageable length. The text focuses on clarity, efficiency of presentation, and pedagogy to facilitate student understanding.
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