Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ranker, Tom A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511410543
• Artikelnr.: 38205260

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Tom A. Ranker and Christopher H. Haufler; Part I. Development and
Morphogenesis: 1. Photoresponses in fern gametophytes Masamitsu Wada; 2.
Alternation of generations Elizabeth Sheffield; 3. Meristem organization
and organ diversity Ryoko Imaichi; Part II. Genetics and Reproduction: 4.
Population genetics Tom A. Ranker and Jennifer M. O. Geiger; 5.
Antheridiogen Jakob J. Schneller; 6. Genomic studies: chloroplast genome
Paul G. Wolf and Jessie M. Roper; 7. Genomic studies: nuclear genome Takuya
Nakazato, Michael S. Barker, Loren H. Rieseberg and Gerald J. Gastony; Part
III. Ecology: 8. Phenology and habitat specificity of tropical ferns Klaus
Mehltreter; 9. Gametophyte ecology Donald R. Farrar, Cynthia Dassler, James
E. Watkins, Jr. and Chanda Skelton; 10. Conservation biology Naomi N.
Arcand and Tom A. Ranker; 11. Ex situ conservation Valerie C. Pence; Part
IV. Systematics and Evolutionary Biology: 12. Species and speciation
Christopher H. Haufler; 13. Phylogeny and evolution of ferns: a
paleontological perspective Gar W. Rothwell and Ruth A. Stockey; 14.
Biodiversity, floristics, biogeography Robbin C. Moran; 15. Molecular
phylogeny Eric Schuettpelz and Kathleen M. Pryer; 16. Phylogeny and
classification Alan R. Smith, Kathleen M. Pryer, Eric Schuettpelz, Petra
Korall, Harald Schneider and Paul G. Wolf.