Plants invade the land : evolutionary and environmental perspectives / editors, Patricia G. Gensel, Dianne Edwards.

Other author Gensel, Patricia G., 1944-
Other author Edwards, D. (Dianne)
Other author International Organization of Paleobotany. Conference 1996)
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Descriptionx, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCritical moments and perspectives in earth history and paleobiology series
Critical moments in paleobiology and earth history series. ^A319101
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 ... [et al.] -- 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.
General noteBased on a symposium held during the Fifth International Organization of Paleobotany Conference in 1996.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-289) and index.
LCCN 00057021
ISBN0231111606 (alk. paper)
ISBN0231111614 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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