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OverviewWhat do we know about the origins of plants on land, from an evolutionary and an environmental perspective? The essays in this collection present a synthesis of our present state of knowledge, integrating current information in paleobotony with physical, chemical, and geological data. Stretching from the Ordovician to the Upper Devonian (500-360 million years ago), the book covers the period of major global change as a result of diversification of plants and their impact on the environment. The essays include the interplay of plants and their environments and other coeval organisms (animals, fungi) and suggest further avenues of investigation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patricia G. Gensel , Dianne EdwardsPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 22.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 28.60cm Weight: 0.960kg ISBN: 9780231111607ISBN 10: 0231111606 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 24 January 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsIntroduction Embryophytes on Land: The Ordovician to Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) Record Rustling in the Undergrowth: Animals in Early Terrestrial Ecosystems New Data on Nothia aphylla Lyon 1964 ex El-Saadawy et Lacey 1979, a Poorly Known Plant from the Lower Devonian Rynie Chert Morphology of Above- and Below-Ground Sturctures in Early Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) Plants The Posongchong Floral Assemblages of Southeastern Yunnan, China--Diversity and Disparity in Early Devonian Plant Assemblages The Middle Devonian Flora Revisited The Origin, Morphology, and Ecophysiology of Early Embryophytes: Neontological and Paleontological Perspectives Biological Roles for Phenolic Compounds in the Evolution of Early Land Plants The Effect of the Rise of Land Plants on Atmospheric CO2 During the Paleozoic Early Terrestrial Plant Environments: An Example from the Emsian of Gaspe, Canada Effects of the Middle to Late Devonian Spread of Vascular Land Plants on Weathering Regimes, Marine Biotas, and Global Climate Diversification of Siluro-Devonian Plant Traces in Paleosols and Influence on Estimates of Paleoatmospheric CO2 LevelsReviewsThis book focuses on our present day understanding of the fossil record of land plants and other organisms. Presents a detailed overview of the diversificaion of the plant kingdom... Very interesting book for students and researchers. -- Southeastern Naturalist This is an excellent volume that should be purchased not only by all geological libraries but also by anyone with an interest in the evolution of the biosphere-atmosphere system. -- Andrew C. Scott, Geological Magazine This book contributes to our knowledge of the exciting story of the origin of plants on land, from an evolutionary and environmental perspective... recommended for advanced researchers in paleobotany and paleoecology of the age of plants invading land. -- Stanislav Mihulka, Folia Geobotanica Author InformationPatricia Gensel is a professor of biology at the University of North Carolina. She is the co-author of Plant Life in the Devonian.Dianne Edwards holds a chair in paleobotany in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Wales. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society and has been President of the Paleontological Association and editor of the Botanical Journal of the Linnaen Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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