Table of Contents

1: A feeling for the organism 2: Plant behaviour foundations 3: The origins of photosynthesis. 1.What are the salient characteristics of living systems? 4: The origins of photosynthesis. 2. The evolution of life and photosynthesis 5: Why did plants become multicellular? 6: Convergent evolution is common in plant systems 7: Are angiosperms more complex than mammals? 8: Plant behaviour: first intimations of self organisation 9: The varieties of plant behaviour 10: The self organising plant: lessons from swarm intelligence 11: Self-organisation: Cambium as the integration assessor 12: Self-organising capacity in leaf behaviour 13: Self-organisation and behaviour in root systems 14: Self-organisation in response to gravity 15: Signals other than gravity 16: Behavioural characteristics of seeds: elements of dormancy 17: Games plants play 18: Competition and cooperation between individual plants for mates and territory: the recognition of self 19: The nature of intelligent behaviour: cognition or adaptation? 20: Brains and nerve cells are not necessary for intelligent behaviour 21: Intelligent genomes 22: Cellular basis of intelligent behaviour 23: Cell organisation and protein networks 24: Instinct, reflex and conditioned behaviours: characteristics of plant behaviour? 25: Intelligence and consciousness 26: Intelligent foraging?

About the Author

Anthony Trewavas obtained his B.Sc and Ph.D from University College, London in Biochemistry and went to do post doctoral research at the University of East Anglia and the University of Edinburgh, where he became Professor of Plant Biochemistry, as well as undertaking numerous visiting professorships abroad. He has published 250 papers and two books, and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Academia Europea and has
been elected as a Life Member of the American Society of Plant Biology.

Reviews

`I recommend this volume to any student at any level, and any amateur or professional clinician or bench scientist who is interested in what living organisms do (and perhaps think about) to survive in the natural world.'
Randy Wayne, Quarterly Review in Biology
`In Plant Behaviour and Intelligence, Anthony Trewavas challenges us to leave behind our prejudices and view the world from a plant's perspective. Plants, he argues, behave on their own time scale, with their own unique physiology, and solve problems that are equally as complex as those confronting animals. This book represents a treasure trove of fascinating case studies and has the potential to serve as an important resource for plant physiologists and
behavioral ecologists alike.'
Andrew G. Zink and Zheng-Hui He, Science