Plant Behaviour and Intelligence
Anthony Trewavas
Reviews and Awards
"Trewavas provides a quite readable, highly personal, holistic approach to this unique, sometimes provocative book focused on plant behavior, particularly how plants respond to various stimuli and the many structures and processes involved in doing the things they need to do in order to survive and reproduce. Recommended." --Choice
"[E]ngaging, interesting, and thought provoking, with a deep commitment and introspection into the world of plant behavior and intelligence from a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional perspective and is, most possibly, the first volume of its kind. ... The volume will be useful for both undergraduate and graduate students of botany, plant science, forestry, plant ecology, and evolution. This could also be helpful for introductory courses in biology, biological sciences, life sciences, and environmental sciences and as an introductory resource for agriculture courses. Enthusiastic readers outside academia interested in plant life, ecology, and evolution will also find this volume engaging." --Plant Science Bulletin
"Trewavas ... encapsulates his life's work beautifully." --Nature
"The fact that the ideas presented in this book will probably not always be easy to accept gives it a unique value. There are oceans of data papers and books, but many fewer intriguing and inspiring ones. Given the, in general, historically wrong view about plants as almost inanimate creatures, they have not been studied as deeply as have animals. Therefore, there are many aspects of plant biology, especially those that can illuminate their behavior and intelligence, that have been left almost untouched. If this book stimulates researchers to address descriptively, theoretically, and experimentally these many overlooked or neglected aspects of plant biology, the book will be a great success, because it is certainly not a typical scientific book, but rather a manifesto." --Trends in Ecology & Evolution
"I recommend this volume to any student at any level, and any amateur or professional clinician or bench scientist who is interested in what living organisms do (and perhaps think about) to survive in the natural world." --Randy Wayne, The Quarterly Review of Biology