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Nature 438, 27 (3 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438027a; Published online 2 November 2005
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Green in tooth and claw
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BOOK REVIEWED-Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity
by Jonathan Silvertown
University of Chicago Press: 2005. 192 pp. $25, £17.50
Apart from a few parasites and decomposers, all plants face the same problem: how to capture light energy and fix atmospheric carbon dioxide more effectively than their neighbours. Actually, a darwinian would argue that their ultimate problem is how to leave more progeny than their neighbours, and that photosynthetic competition is just one aspect of this struggle.
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