| Description |
1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
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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| Note |
Based on a symposium held during the Fifth International Organization of Paleobotany Conference in 1996. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-289) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paleobotany.
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Paleobotany. |
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Plants -- Evolution.
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Plants -- Evolution. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added 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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| Other Form: |
Print version: Plants invade the land. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001 0231111606 (DLC) 00057021 (OCoLC)44594035 |
| ISBN |
0231504969 (electronic book) |
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9780231504966 (electronic book) |
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