The Biology And Evolution Of Fossil Plants

Author : Edith L. Taylor,Thomas N. Taylor,Michael Krings
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 008055783X

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Paleobotany by Edith L. Taylor,Thomas N. Taylor,Michael Krings Pdf

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,Edith L. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:49015001398644

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The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants by Thomas N. Taylor,Edith L. Taylor Pdf

Author : Theodore Delevoryas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:610785358

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Morphology and Evolution of Fossil Plants by Theodore Delevoryas Pdf

Author : Kathy Willis,Jennifer McElwain
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199292233

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The Evolution of Plants by Kathy Willis,Jennifer McElwain Pdf

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 : Karl J. Niklas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226580830

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The Evolutionary Biology of Plants by Karl J. Niklas Pdf

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of modern evolutionary biology as it relates to plants. This text recounts the saga of plant life from its origins to the radiation of the flowering plants. Through computer-generated "walks" it shows how living plants might have evolved.

Author : Michael Krings,Carla J. Harper,N. Ruben Cuneo,Gar W. Rothwell
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128130131

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Transformative Paleobotany by Michael Krings,Carla J. Harper,N. Ruben Cuneo,Gar W. Rothwell Pdf

Transformative Paleobotany: Papers to Commemorate the Life and Legacy of Thomas N. Taylor features the broadest possible spectrum of topics analyzing the structure, function and evolution of fossil plants, microorganisms, and organismal interactions in fossil ecosystems (e.g., plant paleobiography, paleoecology, early evolution of land plants, fossil fungi and microbial interactions with plants, systematics and phylogeny of major plant and fungal lineages, biostratigraphy, evolution of organismal interactions, ultrastructure, Antarctic paleobotany). The book includes the latest research from top scientists who have made transformative contributions. Sections are richly illustrated, well concepted, and characterize and summarize the most up-to-date understanding of this respective and important field of study. Features electronic supplements, such as photographs, diagrams, tables, flowcharts and links to other websites Includes in-depth illustrations with diagrams, flowcharts and photographic plates (many in color for enhanced utility), tables and graphs

Author : E. A. Newell Arber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Paleobotany
ISBN : CHI:55579969

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Fossil Plants by E. A. Newell Arber Pdf

Author : Wilson N. Stewart,Gar W. Rothwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521382947

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Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants by Wilson N. Stewart,Gar W. Rothwell Pdf

This 1993 textbook describes and explains the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record.

Author : Christopher J. Cleal,Barry A. Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108483445

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Introduction to Plant Fossils by Christopher J. Cleal,Barry A. Thomas Pdf

Offers a practical guide for the non-specialist on studying and learning from plant fossils to understand the evolution of vegetation on Earth.

Author : Philip Stewart,Sabine Globig
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466558632

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Vascular Plants and Paleobotany by Philip Stewart,Sabine Globig Pdf

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book provides an important collection of new research that sheds light on many aspects of the evolutionary patterns of gymnosperms, angiosperms, and pteridophtes. The book includes a complete chloroplast genome sequence study and describes a method that induces the systemic silencing of target genes in the Ceratopteris gametophyte. It presents a study of how herbicide treatments reduce fern densities and create the establishment of regeneration. It also analyzes an EST dataset from G. biloba that reveals genes potentially unique to gymnosperms and includes a study of episodic rate acceleration in the ancestral grasses.

Author : Thomas N. Taylor
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822003867116

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Paleobotany by Thomas N. Taylor Pdf

Author : Karl J. Niklas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226342283

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Plant Evolution by Karl J. Niklas Pdf

Although plants comprise more than 90% of all visible life, and land plants and algae collectively make up the most morphologically, physiologically, and ecologically diverse group of organisms on earth, books on evolution instead tend to focus on animals. This organismal bias has led to an incomplete and often erroneous understanding of evolutionary theory. Because plants grow and reproduce differently than animals, they have evolved differently, and generally accepted evolutionary views—as, for example, the standard models of speciation—often fail to hold when applied to them. Tapping such wide-ranging topics as genetics, gene regulatory networks, phenotype mapping, and multicellularity, as well as paleobotany, Karl J. Niklas’s Plant Evolution offers fresh insight into these differences. Following up on his landmark book The Evolutionary Biology of Plants—in which he drew on cutting-edge computer simulations that used plants as models to illuminate key evolutionary theories—Niklas incorporates data from more than a decade of new research in the flourishing field of molecular biology, conveying not only why the study of evolution is so important, but also why the study of plants is essential to our understanding of evolutionary processes. Niklas shows us that investigating the intricacies of plant development, the diversification of early vascular land plants, and larger patterns in plant evolution is not just a botanical pursuit: it is vital to our comprehension of the history of all life on this green planet.

Author : Donald R. Prothero
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 891 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231543163

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Evolution by Donald R. Prothero Pdf

Donald R. Prothero’s Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the fossil record. Its engaging narrative of scientific discovery and well-grounded analysis has led to the book’s widespread adoption in courses that teach the nature and value of fossil evidence for evolution. Evolution tackles systematics and cladistics, rock dating, neo-Darwinism, and macroevolution. It includes extensive coverage of the primordial soup, invertebrate transitions, the development of the backbone, the reign of the dinosaurs, and the transformation from early hominid to modern human. The book also details the many alleged “missing links” in the fossil record, including some of the most recent discoveries that flesh out the fossil timeline and the evolutionary process. In this second edition, Prothero describes new transitional fossils from various periods, vividly depicting such bizarre creatures as the Odontochelys, or the “turtle on the half shell”; fossil snakes with legs; and the “Frogamander,” a new example of amphibian transition. Prothero’s discussion of intelligent design arguments includes more historical examples and careful examination of the “experiments” and observations that are exploited by creationists seeking to undermine sound science education. With new perspectives, Prothero reframes creationism as a case study in denialism and pseudoscience rather than a field with its own intellectual dynamism. The first edition was hailed as an exemplary exploration of the fossil evidence for evolution, and this second edition will be welcome in the libraries of scholars, teachers, and general readers who stand up for sound science in this post-truth era.

Author : K. J. Willis,J. C. McElwain
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198500653

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The Evolution of Plants by K. J. Willis,J. C. McElwain Pdf

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 : Paul Kenrick,Paul Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Paleobotany
ISBN : 056509176X

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Fossil Plants by Paul Kenrick,Paul Davis Pdf

"This guide to fossil plants explains the lives of these ancient plants, how they came to be fossilized, and what they may tell us about the past. Kenrick and Davis trace the evolution of land plants, ferns, and conifers and their relatives, the flowering plants. Weaving together strands from the past and present, the snapshots of ancient and modern environments are illustrated with images of fossils and their "living relatives." With photographs of the delicate pieces of shale that hold the fossils, the authors explore the hidden past of plants and uncover the breadth of form and rare beauty of plants turned to stone."--BOOK JACKET.