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Plant Biodiversity from Our Backyard to the Big Picture

May 1, 2009

Peter Raven director, Missouri Botanical Garden

Peter Ashton director emeritus, Arnold Arboretum

World-renowned botanist and Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden Peter Raven celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Center for Plant Conservation, a network of America's leading botanical institutions dedicated solely to preventing the extinction of America's imperiled native flora. Dr. Peter Ashton, Director Emeritus of the Arnold Arboretum, provides an introduction.

Topics: Health & Science

Tags: botanical history | botany | conservation | flora and fauna | native plants | Biodiversity | Biology | Habitat | Earth Sciences | Plant Life

Presented By WGBH and Harvard Museum of Natural History:

Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Biology

Author: Susan Singer, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, George Johnson, Peter Raven

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math (2007)

Binding: Hardcover, 1259 pages

Biology: Principles and Explorations

Author: Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson

Publisher: Holt McDougal (2000)

Binding: Hardcover, 1096 pages

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