Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes
Title:
Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Tom A. Ranker, Christopher H. Haufler.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 480 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:
9780511415166
9780511410543
9780511412493
9780511541827
9780511412875
Abstract:
"With their team of contemporary scholars, the editors present a thorough coverage of fundamental topics necessary for obtaining an up-to-date understanding of the biology of ferns and lycophytes. The book is organized into major topics that build from the individual and its biochemistry and structure, to genetics and populations, to interactions among individuals and the conservation of species, and concludes with perspectives on evolutionary history and classification. Each chapter is organized to review past work, explore current questions, and suggest productive directions for continued discoveries about these fascinating groups of organisms. Written for upper undergraduates, graduates and academic researchers, Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes fills a major gap in biological, organism-level, evolutionary literature by providing a review of the biology and evolution of this important group of vascular land plants."--NHBS Environment Bookstore.
Local Note:
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre:
Contents:
Photoresponses in fern gametophytes / Masamitsu Wada -- Alternation of generations / Elizabeth Sheffield -- Meristem organization and organ diversity / Ryoko Imaichi -- Population genetics / Tom A. Ranker and Jennifer M.O. Geiger -- Antheridiogens / Jakob J. Schneiller -- Structure and evolution of fern plastid genomes / Paul G. Wolf and Jessie M. Roper -- Evolution of the nuclear genome of ferns and lycophytes / Takuya Nakazato [and others] -- Phenology and habitat specificity of tropical ferns / Klaus Mehltreter -- Gametophyte ecology / Donald R. Farrar [and others] -- Conservation biology / Naomi N. Arcand and Tom A. Ranker -- Ex situ conservation of ferns and lycophytes : approaches and techniques / Valerie C. Pence -- Species and speciation / Christopher H. Haufler -- Phylogeny and evolution of ferns : a paleontological perspective / Gar W. Rothwell and Ruth A. Stockey -- Diversity, biogeography, and floristics / Robbin C. Moran -- Fern phylogeny / Eric Schuettpelz and Kathleen M. Pryer -- Fern classification / Alan R. Smith [and others].
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.