Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes
Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes

Author: Bernard Goffinet

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes: Progress, Problems and Perspectives, was an internationally attended symposium held at the Missouri Botanical Garden, September 6 and 7, 2003. Attendees from a dozen countries, representing a global bryological community, participated in the event. The symposium program featured twenty-nine speakers discussing various aspects of the molecular systematics of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). The result of this gathering of imminent botanical researchers is the book now before you, twenty-one chapters divided into five areas of concentration: (1) Bryophytes and Evolution of Land Plants; (2) Hornwort Phylogeny; (3) Liverwort Phylogeny; (4) Moss Phylogeny; and (5) Phylogeography.

Introduction to Bryophytes
Introduction to Bryophytes

Author: Alain Vanderpoorten

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-05-28

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 1107377366

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Bryophytes were a pivotal step in land plant evolution, and their significance in the regulation of ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity is becoming increasingly acknowledged. This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge of bryophyte biology, making it ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as amateur botanists. The authors expertly summarise the diversity of bryophytes and outline recent advances in our understanding of their evolutionary history, their ecological roles and preferences, their distribution patterns and conservation needs. The text is highly illustrated throughout, with boxed summaries of topics of current relevance in bryophyte biology, and a glossary of technical terms.

Pleurocarpous Mosses
Pleurocarpous Mosses

Author: Angela E. Newton

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2007-04-13

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1420005596

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The shift from traditional taxonomic methods to data-oriented, analytical cladistic methodologies has led to a better understanding of biological processes and more accurate classifications for a wide range of organisms, including mosses. Pleurocarpous Mosses: Systematics and Evolution explores the impact of these methods through recent breakthroug

Plants Invade the Land
Plants Invade the Land

Author: Patricia G. Gensel

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0231111614

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What do we now 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 paleobotany with physical, chemical, and geological data.

Assembling the Tree of Life
Assembling the Tree of Life

Author: Joel Cracraft

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-07-22

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 0199729603

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This edited volume is provides an authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated, by the leading workers in their fields. With sections on: The Importance of Knowing the Tree of Life; The Origin and Radiation of Life on Earth; The Relationships of Green Plants; The Relationships of Fungi; and The Relationships of Animals. This book should prove indispensable for evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, ecologists interested in biodiversity, and as a baseline sourcebook for organismic biologists, botanists, and microbiologists. An essential reference in this fundamental area.

Bryology for the Twenty-first Century
Bryology for the Twenty-first Century

Author: Jeffrey W. Bates

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1351463039

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A compilation of state of the art papers on key topics in bryology from invited speakers at the Centenary Symposium, University of Glasgow, 57 August 1996.