Index from an ecological textbook - The Phytochemical Landscape

May 27, 2022 12:13 PM

I have tried to interloan the e-book edition of The Phytochemical Landscape: Linking Trophic Interactions and Nutrient Dynamics (no hardcopy in NZ). The publisher will only release one chapter, won't loan whole book or the index (I have been able to get Chapter 6). Does anyone here have a copy and would you be willing to look for ~6 words in the index?

I want to know if any of the following words appear in the index, and how many times each occurs (as an indicator of the book's worth):


rabbit/s, Oryctolagus, hare/s, Lepus, lagomorph/s, allelopathy | allelopaths | allelopathic

Why? if anyone's interested - I design allelopathy into planting schemes where appropriate, and I'm looking at putting an experimental anti lagomorph (rabbits and hares) component into a large planting scheme to see if their numbers fall, or sex ratio changes. There is theory and some evidence suggesting plant oestrogens interfere with female rabbit pregnancy. It is well known for sheep, and hares/rabbits often used as an initial test animal for that case.

posted by unearthed to Grab Bag (8 answers total)

Try contacting a library that holds the book! I don't work at a library anymore but if I found a message from a New Zealander landscaper in the reference desk inbox I would be delighted to answer it.

You can check WorldCat to find US libraries that have the book or eBook (it seems like it's included in one of the big packages offered by library megavendor EBSCO so lots of libraries have it).
posted by mskyle at 12:22 PM on May 27, 2022 [1 favorite]

I sent you a message via memail.
posted by malthusan at 12:37 PM on May 27, 2022

rabbit/s - 1 times
Oryctolagus - 0 times
hare/s - 0 times
Lepus - closest is "Lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)" 1 time plus 1 illus.
lagomorph/s - 0 times
allelopathy | allelopaths | allelopathic - 0 times, closest is "allene oxide cyclase " in 1 illus.
posted by wenestvedt at 1:28 PM on May 27, 2022 [4 favorites]

Response by poster: Wow, thank you all so much! All your answers came in so fast. Amazing.
mskyle, I didn't think that would be a delight, but I will try it next time!

malthusan, thanks for the screenshots.

wenestvedt, thank you for looking in the index, and for the offer mareli helped me with that.

and to mareli for the DM and link, great thanks.
posted by unearthed at 5:22 PM on May 27, 2022 [1 favorite]

I assume your problem is solved, but I sent you a message via memail.
posted by lioness at 9:57 PM on May 27, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thank you lioness! Yes, mareli found where I could view a copy.
posted by unearthed at 10:01 PM on May 27, 2022

I thought e-books don't have indexes in the normal style because they don't typically have numbered pages.
posted by tmdonahue at 4:48 AM on May 28, 2022 [1 favorite]

Many reference books will still have an index but instead of a page number will have a link to the section of the book (and some that started as paper will still have page numbers that match the printed version which is also handy). There was a huge outroar when the pdf version of my latest electrical code didnt have an index because lots of people are used to going there to find sections of a book and a search for some terms (eg "ground") can return hundreds of results where the the index points to the grounding section.
posted by Mitheral at 7:00 AM on May 28, 2022 [1 favorite]