Plant Bodies

The book presents in an accessible way how the knowledge of plant body shapes has contributed and continues to contribute to the understanding of plant life strategies. It attempts to answer the following questions: what is the ecological function of plant traits such as height, shoot cycling or adventitious branching from roots in the everyday life of a plant and/or how is the ecological function of a plant influenced by its morphology and architecture. In addition to the plants proper, it also discusses those who have contributed to the understanding of the ecological function of plant forms and provides brief biographies of them. The book is aimed at all those who love plants, amateur and professional botanists alike.