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 Info | New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001. |
| Description | x, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical 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 note | Based on a symposium held during the Fifth International Organization of Paleobotany Conference in 1996. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-289) and index. |
| LCCN | 00057021 |
| ISBN | 0231111606 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231111614 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QE905 .P55 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |