Author : Wilson N. Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 1993-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521382946
This 1993 textbook describes and explains the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record.
Author : Wilson N. Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 12,21 MB
Release : 2005
Category :
ISBN : 9788175962958
This new edition of a successful textbook describes and explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record. It summarises paleobotanical information relevant to our present understanding of the relationships among the major plant groups, extant and extinct. As in the first edition, the text is profusely illustrated with line drawings and halftones. For those students with little knowledge of plant structure and morphology, there is a brief resume of these features of extant plants that will be needed to gain a better understanding of the fossil record. Summarising charts are also used to help students visualise the interpretative material. For this edition new material on the evolution of the angiosperms has been added, and there is a new chapter dealing with the paleoecology of ancient plants. the text has also been extensively updated to include new information on the methodology of cladistics.
Author : Edith L. Taylor
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1253 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 008055783X
This book provides up-to-date coverage of fossil plants from Precambrian life to flowering plants, including fungi and algae. It begins with a discussion of geologic time, how organisms are preserved in the rock record, and how organisms are studied and interpreted and takes the student through all the relevant uses and interpretations of fossil plants. With new chapters on additional flowering plant families, paleoecology and the structure of ancient plant communities, fossil plants as proxy records for paleoclimate, new methodologies used in phylogenetic reconstruction and the addition of new fossil plant discoveries since 1993, this book provides the most comprehensive account of the geologic history and evolution of microbes, algae, fungi, and plants through time. Major revision of a 1993 classic reference Lavishly illustrated with 1,800 images and user friendly for use by paleobotanists, biologists, geologists and other related scientists Includes an expanded glossary with an extensive up-to-date bibliography and a comprehensive index Provides extensive coverage of fungi and other microbes, and major groups of land plants both living and extinct
Author : Thomas N. Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 21,95 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 20,30 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Paleobotany
ISBN :
Author : Wilson Nichols Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 1985
Category :
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Author : Christopher J. Cleal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1108483445
Offers a practical guide for the non-specialist on studying and learning from plant fossils to understand the evolution of vegetation on Earth.
Author : Kathy Willis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 019929223X
Blends evidence from the fossil record and data from biomolecular studies to tell the story of plant evolution from the earliest forms of life to the present day. Its straightforward explanations and clear illustrations provide the most accessible introduction to plant evolution available.
Author : K. J. Willis
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 2002-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198500650
This is a broad but provocative examination of the evolution of plants from the earliest forms of life to the development of our present flora. Taking a fresh, modern approach to a subject often treated very stuffily, the book incorporates many recent studies on the morphological evolution of plants, enlivens the subject with current research on ancient DNA and other biomolecular markers, and places plant evolution in the context of climate change and mass extinction. Also includes special Biome Maps, showing the flora on the Earth's surface at different geological ages. Written for a non-specialist audience.
Author : A. J. Bowden
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862391741
Often regarded as the 'Cinderella' of palaeontological studies, palaeobotany has a history that contains some fascinating insights into scientific endeavour, especially by palaeontologists who were perusing a personal interest rather than a career. The problems of maintaining research facilities in universities, especially in the modern era, are described and reveal a noticeable absence of a national UK strategy to preserve centres of excellence in an avowedly specialist area. Accounts of some of the pioneers demonstrate the importance of collaboration between taxonomists and illustrators. The importance of palaeobotany in the rise of geoconservation is outlined, as well as the significant and influential role of women in the discipline. Although this volume has a predominantly UK focus, two very interesting studies outline the history of palaeobotanical work in Argentina and China.
