Plants Invade the Land – Evolutionary & Environmental Perspectives (The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology) - Hardcover

Gensel, Patricia G

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231111606 ISBN 13: 9780231111607

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2001

Synopsis

What do we 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 paleobotony with physical, chemical, and geological data. Stretching from the Ordovician to the Upper Devonian (500-360 million years ago), the book covers the period of major global change as a result of diversification of plants and their impact on the environment. The essays include the interplay of plants and their environments and other coeval organisms (animals, fungi) and suggest further avenues of investigation.

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231111606
• ISBN 13: 9780231111607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316