The variety of life : a survey and a celebration of all the creatures that have ever lived

xii, 684 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm

The Time Before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impact

Chronicles the period in evolution during which human beings progressed from simians to hominids, citing the pivotal roles of climate, ecology, and geological movements while predicitng future changeshttps://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-personal-research/1083/thumbnail.jp

Food crops for the future: the development of plant resources

Colin Tudge.viii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

The secret life of trees : how they live and why they matter

x,452hlm.;bib.;ill.;indek

Heidegger's Philosophical Botany

Heidegger, in his 1929/30 lecture course translated as Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics, argues that for being x to count as a living being it must be capable of i) engaging in active behaviour ii) with a form of intentional directedness that iii) offers to human beings a ‘sphere of transposition’ into which we can ‘transpose themselves’. Heidegger discusses i)-iii) in relation to animals but if the argument is sound these categories must also apply to plants. However, the ontology of plants is missing. This paper is an attempt to make good on this omission. The argument is that plants are active self-movers, their movements displaying a rudimentary form of motor intentionality