| Description |
1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Critical moments and perspectives in earth history and paleobiology series |
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Critical moments in paleobiology and earth history series.
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| Contents |
Embryophites on land / Dianne Edwards and Charles Wellman -- Rustling in the undergrowth / William A. Shear and Paul A. Selden -- New data on Nothia apylla Lyon 1964 ex el-Saadawy et Lacey 1979, a poorly known plant from the lower Devonian Rhine Chert / Hans Kerp, Hagen Hass, and Volker Mosbrugger -- Morphology of above-and below-ground structures in early Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) plants / Patricia L. Gensel, Michele E. Kotyk, and James F. Basinger -- The pongchong floral assemblages of southeastern Yunnan. China: diversity and disparity in early Devonian plant assemblages / Hao Shou-Gang and Patricia G. Gensel -- The middle Devonian flora revisited / Christopher M. Berry and Muriel Fairon-Demaret -- The origin, morphology, and ecophysiology of early empbryophytes: neontological and paleontological perspectives / Linda E. Graham and Jane Gray -- Biological roles for phenolic compounds in the evolution of early land plants / Gillian A. Cooper-Driver -- The effect of the rise of land plants on atmospheric CO₂ during the Paleozoic / Robert A. Berner -- Early terrestrial plant environments: an example from the Emsian of Gaspé, Canada / C.L. Hotton [and others] -- Effects of the middle to late Devonian spread of vascular land plants on weathering regimes, marine biotas, and global climate / Thomas J. Algeo, Stephen E. Scheckler, and J. Barry Maynard -- Diversification of Siluro-Devonian plant traces in Paleosols and influence on estimates paleoatmospheric CO₂ levels / Steven G. Driese and Claudia I. Mora |
| Summary |
What do we now 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 paleobotany with physical, chemical, and geological data |
| Notes |
Based on a symposium held during the Fifth International Organization of Paleobotany Conference in 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-289) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Paleobotany.
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Plants -- Evolution.
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SCIENCE -- Paleontology.
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Paleobotany.
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Plants -- Evolution.
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Fossile Pflanzen
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Evolutionsbiologie
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Paläozoikum
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Entwicklung
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Paläobotanik
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Ausbreitung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gensel, Patricia G., 1944-
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Edwards, D. (Dianne)
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International Organization of Paleobotany. Conference (5th : 1996)
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| ISBN |
0231504969 |
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9780231504966 |
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9780231111614 |
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0231111614 |
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