Joseph Seckbach

This book traces the interrelation of plants and animals from early
terrestrial life to modern agriculture. Thirty-eight authors offer
studies describing carnivorous plants, nectar-producing plants, and the harnessing of bees by humans, to pollinate crops.

This volume presents a collection of remarkable adaptations to anoxia, observed in protists, fungi, plants and animals. The text presents case studies that provide evidence for controlled beneficial use of anoxia, like organic modification of free radicals, for example.

This volume reviews developments in paleontology and geobiology relating to the rapidly-developing field of Astrobiology, the study of life in the Universe. Uniquely among astrobiology monographs, the book focuses on fossil evidence from the geological record.

This book covers several aspects of life on Earth and in Solar system and beyond. It reviews new data in the field, following current studies from gene and molecular to macro levels.