Bernard Goffinet completed his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta, Canada. As a research associate of Dr A. J. Shaw he pursued his interest in the phylogeny of mosses, with a special focus on the evolution of entomophily in the dung mosses. He joined the University of Connecticut in 1999, where he is an associate professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He has co-authored nearly 70 publications. His current research spans choroplast genome evolution in liverworts, the phylogenetic history of the new model taxon, Physcomitrella patens, as well as the evolution of multisymbiosis in lichen-forming fungi.
Preface; 1. Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta Barbara
Crandall-Stotler, Raymond E. Stotler and David G. Long; 2. Morphology and
classification of the Bryophyta Bernard Goffinet, William R. Buck and A.
Jonathan Shaw; 3. New insights into morphology, anatomy and systematics of
hornworts Karen S. Renzaglia, Juan Carlos Villarreal A. and R. Joel Duff;
4. Phylogenomics and early land plant evolution Brent D. Mishler and Dean
G. Kelch; 5. Mosses as model organisms for developmental, cellular and
molecular biology Andrew C. Cuming; 6. Physiological ecology Michael C. F.
Proctor; 7. Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of desiccation tolerance
in bryophytes Mel J. Oliver; 8. Mineral nutrition and substratum ecology
Jeff W. Bates; 9. The structure and function of bryophyte dominated
peatlands Dale H. Vitt and R. Kelman Wieder; 10. Population and community
ecology of bryophytes Hakan Rydin; 11. Bryophyte species and speciation A.
Jonathan Shaw; 12. Conservation biology of bryophytes Alain Vanderpoorten
and Tomas Hallingbäck.
