In order to understand ecological processes it is first necessary to be able to name and classify the plants and animals that are involved. This task has been greatly assisted by the use of the scanning electron microscope, first introduced in the mid-1960s. This subject was reviewed in a volume published by the Systematics Association in 1971. Substantial advances have since been made in equipment and preparative techniques, principally in the use of field emission, the viewing of uncoated materials, and the digitization of the image. The present volume reviews some of the latest developments. It contains thirteen chapters, written by experts in their fields, each dealing with a specific area of the plant or animal kingdom.
- ISBN10 0198577141
- ISBN13 9780198577140
- Publish Date 1 June 1990
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 July 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Clarendon Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 328
- Language English