Plant behaviour and intelligence / Anthony Trewavas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A feeling for the organism --
2. Plant behaviour foundations --
3. The origins of photosynthesis : what are the salient characteristics of living systems? --
4. The origins of photosynthesis : 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-organization --
9. The varieties of plant behaviour --
10. The self organizing plant : lessons from swarm intelligence --
11. Self-organization : cambium as the integration assessor --
12. Self-organizing capacity in leaf behaviour --
13. Self-organization and behaviour in root systems --
14. Self-organization 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 organization and protein networks --
24. Instinct, reflex, and conditioned behaviours : characteristics of plant behaviour? --
25. Intelligence and consciousness --
26. Intelligent foraging?

This book provides a convincing argument for the view that whole cells and whole plants growing in competitive wild conditions show aspects of plant behaviour that can be accurately described as 'intelligent'.--