| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 480 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Photoresponses in fern gametophytes / Masamitsu Wada -- Alternation of generations / Elizabeth Sheffield -- Meristem organization and organ diversity / Ryoko Imaichi -- Population genetics / Tom A. Ranker and Jennifer M.O. Geiger -- Antheridiogens / Jakob J. Schneiller -- Structure and evolution of fern plastid genomes / Paul G. Wolf and Jessie M. Roper -- Evolution of the nuclear genome of ferns and lycophytes / Takuya Nakazato [and others] -- Phenology and habitat specificity of tropical ferns / Klaus Mehltreter -- Gametophyte ecology / Donald R. Farrar [and others] -- Conservation biology / Naomi N. Arcand and Tom A. Ranker -- Ex situ conservation of ferns and lycophytes : approaches and techniques / Valerie C. Pence -- Species and speciation / Christopher H. Haufler -- Phylogeny and evolution of ferns : a paleontological perspective / Gar W. Rothwell and Ruth A. Stockey -- Diversity, biogeography, and floristics / Robbin C. Moran -- Fern phylogeny / Eric Schuettpelz and Kathleen M. Pryer -- Fern classification / Alan R. Smith [and others] |
| Summary |
"With their team of contemporary scholars, the editors present a thorough coverage of fundamental topics necessary for obtaining an up-to-date understanding of the biology of ferns and lycophytes. The book is organized into major topics that build from the individual and its biochemistry and structure, to genetics and populations, to interactions among individuals and the conservation of species, and concludes with perspectives on evolutionary history and classification. Each chapter is organized to review past work, explore current questions, and suggest productive directions for continued discoveries about these fascinating groups of organisms. Written for upper undergraduates, graduates and academic researchers, Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes fills a major gap in biological, organism-level, evolutionary literature by providing a review of the biology and evolution of this important group of vascular land plants."--NHBS Environment Bookstore |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ferns.
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Club mosses.
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Ferns -- Evolution
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Club mosses -- Evolution
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Pteridophyta (division)
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Club mosses
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Ferns
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Biologie
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Bärlappgewächse
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Evolution
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Farne
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ranker, Tom A.
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Haufler, Christopher H.
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| ISBN |
9780511415166 |
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0511415168 |
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9780511410543 |
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0511410549 |
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9780511412493 |
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0511412495 |
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9780511541827 |
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0511541821 |
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9780511412875 |
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0511412878 |
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1107181496 |
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9781107181496 |
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1281751154 |
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9781281751157 |
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9786611751159 |
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6611751157 |
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0511411944 |
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9780511411946 |
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0511413793 |
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9780511413797 |
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