Books can provide data in many instances. Browse the shelves using the following call numbers. Look at the tables of contents and indexes in the books you find for the specific topics you are interested in.
QK – Botany
QK47-QK48 – Plant Textbooks
These are great places for data in general on temperature, light, soil, nutrients etc.
QK711 – Plant Physiology
Include sections and data on plant development factors – role of light, temp, nutrition, etc.
QK725 – Plant Cells & Tissue
QK728 - QK745 – Plant growth
QK746 - QK758 – Chemical Agents affecting Plants
These include works on the effect of pollutants.
QK754 - QK760 – Physical Agents affecting Plants
These include works on the effects of Water and Light
QK771 – Plant Movements
These include movements affecting growth; includes phototropism (light)
QK867 – Plant Nutrition & Minerals
QK870-QK871 – Plant / Water Relationships
QK898 Special Plant Constituents
At this number our collection includes titles on Chlorophyll deficiency, role of lipids, role of nitrogen, and pigment deficiency.
QK901 – Plant Ecology
QK981 – Plant Genetics
Call number ranges for invertebrates:
QL360-599.82 – Invertebrates. in general
QL364.18 – Development
QL364.2 – Behavior
QL364.3 – Feeding
QL364.4 – Ecology
QL391.N – Nematodes
QL461-599.82 – Insects
Other relevant call numbers:
S – Agriculture
These include works on plant development as related to agricultural plants.
R – Medicine
S596.7 – Role of Soil and Nutrition
SB91.M377 – Mineral Nutrition