Toxic Plants of North America

George E. Burrows, Ronald J. Tyrl (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

1342 Seiten

2001
Iowa State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8138-2266-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Covering both wild and planted toxic plants found in the North American continent north of the Tropic of Cancer, this work addresses animal and human intoxications with critical information like plant morphology and distribution, clinical signs and pathologic changes of toxicity, and treatment. Included is a glossary of botanical, toxicological, physiological, and chemical terms.

Autor

George E. Burrows, DVM, PhD is emeritus professor of toxicology and adjunct toxicologist in the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Stillwater. He has served as an associate editor to Veterinary & Human Toxicology, coordinating a feature page, "Poisonous Plant Cases." Ronals J. Tyrl, Ph.D, is a professor of botany and the curator of the herbarium at Oklahoma State University, stillwater. He is the coordinating editor of the Flora of Oklahoma Project and has authored numerous technical articles on the subject of plants.

Inhalt

Introduction; plants in alphabetical order; keys to plant families; listing of plants by their principal adverse effects and main organs affected.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.10.2001
• Zusatzinfo: 1190 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index.
• Verlagsort: Arnes, AI
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 222 x 287 mm
• Gewicht: 3342 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• ISBN-10: 0-8138-2266-1 / 0813822661
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8138-2266-2 / 9780813822662
• Zustand: Neuware