Author : Ben A. LePage
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402026317
Book Description
The plant fossil record indicates that the genus Metasequoia was widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere from the early Late Cretaceous to the Plio-Pleistocene. Today the genus has shrunk to one species with approximately 5,000 mature individuals in southeastern China’s Xiahoe Valley. This book distills the current understanding of the biology, ecology and physiology of fossil and living Metasequoia, current research directions and problems that remain unresolved.