This two-volume reference set, covering the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, provides a comprehensive description of the evolution and diversity of the arborescent gymnosperms, illustrated with distribution maps, form silhouettes and a wealth of colour plates. Invaluable to researchers in palaeobotany, geobiology and evolutionary biology.
This two-volume reference set, covering the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, provides a comprehensive description of the evolution and diversity of the arborescent gymnosperms, illustrated with distribution maps, form silhouettes and a wealth of colour plates. Invaluable to researchers in palaeobotany, geobiology and evolutionary biology.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Christopher N. Page (1942-2022) held a first class bachelor's degree in geology and a PhD in cytogenetics. Following positions at the University of Queensland and University of Oxford, he joined the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh as a specialist tree scientist. This provided him with a base for half a century of global study of conifers and ferns, including more than 10 cumulative years spent in the field on every continent except Antarctica. After leaving Edinburgh, he joined the University of Exeter in his retirement, where he continued to study ancient plant groups by integrating multi-sourced plant data with phylogenetic arrays. The author of 8 books and 150 journal papers, Dr Page was best known for bridging fields as diverse as geology, palaeobotany, evolutionary biology, biodiversity, genetics and modern molecular studies in order to develop environmental-evolutionary interpretations and applications. He was awarded two scientific Gold Medals - fittingly one for plant biology from the Indian Pteridological Society and one for geology from the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. This treatise on gymnosperms, the manuscript for which was completed shortly before his death, is the culmination of 54 years of research, teaching and field study.
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Preface and acknowledgements Structure of the two volumes Part I. Aims, Approaches and Methodologies: Part II. Phylogenetic Bases and Revised Taxonomic Structure: Part III. Living Arborescent Gynosperm Genetic Presentations: 1. Ginkgo 2. Picea 3. Cathaya 4. Pinus 5. Larix 6. Pseudotsuga 7. Abies 8. Nothotsuga 9. Tsuga 10. Keteleeria 11. Pseudolarix 12. Cedrus 13. Taxus 14. Pseudotaxus 15. Austrotaxus 16. Cephalotaxus 17. Amentotaxus 18. Torreya 19. Sciadopitys 20. Cupressus 21. Hesperocyparis 22. Chamaecyparis 23. Fokienia 24. Thujopsis 25. Thuja 26. Xanthocyparis 27. Juniperus 28. Platycladus 29. Microbiota 30. Calocedrus 31. Neocallitropsis 32. Callitris 33. Actinostrobus 34. Widdringtonia 35. Tetraclinis 36. Libocedrus 37. Papuacedrus 38. Austrocedrus 39. Pilgerodendron 40. Diselma Part IV. From Ecosystem Services to Conservation and Sustainability: Bibliography Genus index.
