Plants Invade the Land: Evolutionary and Environmental Perspectives

Published by Columbia University Press 2001

Plants Invade the Land

Evolutionary and Environmental Perspectives

Edited by: Patricia Gensel and Dianne Edwards

In the series The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology

https://doi.org/10.7312/gens11160

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Patricia 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.

Reviews

Stanislav Mihulka:
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.

Andrew C. Scott:
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.

This 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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Patricia G. Gensel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Embryophytes on Land: The Ordovician to Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) Record Dianne Edwards and Charles Wellman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
3 Rustling in the Undergrowth: Animals in Early Terrestrial Ecosystems William A. Shear and Paul A. Selden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
4. New Data on Nothia aphylla Lyon 1964 ex El-Saadawy et Lacey 1979, a Poorly Known Plant from the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert Hans Kerp, Hagen Hass and Volker Mosbrugger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
5. Morphology of Above- and Below-Ground Structures in Early Devonian (Pragian–Emsian) Plants Patricia G. Gensel, Michele E. Kotyk and James F. Basinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6. The Posongchong Floral Assemblages of Southeastern Yunnan, China—Diversity and Disparity in Early Devonian Plant Assemblages Hao Shou-Gang and Patricia G. Gensel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
7. The Middle Devonian Flora Revisited Christopher M. Berry and Muriel Fairon-Demaret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
8. The Origin, Morphology, and Ecophysiology of Early Embryophytes: Neontological and Paleontological Perspectives Linda E. Graham, Jane Gray, Linda E. Graham and Jane Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
9. Biological Roles for Phenolic Compounds in the Evolution of Early Land Plants Gillian A. Cooper-Driver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
10. The Effect of the Rise of Land Plants on Atmospheric CO₂During the Paleozoic Robert A. Berner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
11. Early Terrestrial Plant Environments: An Example from the Emsian of Gaspé, Canada C. L. Hotton, F. M. Hueber, D. H. Griffing and J. S. Bridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
12. 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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
13. Diversification of Siluro-Devonian Plant Traces in Paleosols and Influence on Estimates of Paleoatmospheric CO₂ Levels Steven G. Driese and Claudia I. Mora Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 512

eBook

Published: February 14, 2001
ISBN: 9780231504966