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Origin and early evolution of angiosperms / by Beck, Charles B.(CARDINAL)321570; International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology(1st :1973 :Boulder, Colo.);

Includes bibliographical references and index.Origin and early evolution of angiosperms: a perspective / Charles B. Beck -- Cretaceous paleobotanic problems/ N.F. Hughes -- Middle cretaceous floral provinces and early migrations of augiosperms / Gilbert J. Brenner -- Plate tectonics and its bearing on the geographical origin and dispersal of angiosperms / Rudolf M. Schuster -- Pollen and leaves from the mid-cretaceous potomac group and their bearing on early angiosperm evolution / James A. Doyle, Leo J. Hickey -- Neoteny and the origin of flowering plants / Armen Takhtajan -- Evolutionary significance of chromosomal differentiation patterns in gymnosperms and primitive angiosperms / F. Ehrendorfer -- Comparative pollen morphology and phylogeny of the ranalean complex / James W. Walker -- Seeds, seedlings, and the origin of angiosperms / G. Ledyard Stebbins -- Character correlations among angiosperms and the importance of fossil evidence in assessing their significance / Kenneth R. Sporne.

Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Angiosperms, Fossil; Angiosperms; Angiosperms;

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The origins of angiosperms and their biological consequences / by Friis, Else Marie.(CARDINAL)326428; Chaloner, W. G.(William Gilbert)(CARDINAL)326427; Crane, Peter R.(CARDINAL)326426; International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology(3rd :1985 :University of Sussex);

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction to angiosperms / E.M. Friis, W.G. Chaloner, and P.R. Crane -- The origin of angiosperms / J.A. Doyle and M.J. Donoghue -- Global palaeogeography and palaeoclimate of the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary / Judith Totman Parrish -- Mid-Cretaceous to Early Tertiary vegetation and climate / G.R. Upchurch, Jr. and J.A. Wolfe -- Vegetational consequences of angiosperm diversification / P.R. Crane -- Time of appearance of floral features / E.M. Friis and W.L. Crepet -- The evolution of insect pollination in angiosperms / W.L. Crepet and E.M. Friis -- Interactions of angiosperms and herbivorous tetrapods through time / S.L. Wing and B.H. Tiffney -- Dinosaurs and land plants / M.J. Coe [and others] -- Vegetational and mammalian faunal changes in the Early Tertiary of southern England / M.E. Collinson and J.J. Hooker.

Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Angiosperms, Fossil; Angiosperms; Paleontology; Paleontology;

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An introduction to plant fossils / by Cleal, Christopher J.,1951-(CARDINAL)331580; Thomas, Barry A.(CARDINAL)331579;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index.Highlights of palaeobotanical study -- Studying plant fossils -- Early land plants -- Lycophytes -- Sphenophytes -- Ferns -- Early gymnosperms -- Modern gymnosperms -- Angiosperms -- The history of land vegetation."This book provides an excellent practical introduction to the study of plant fossils, and is written for those who have had little previous experience of this type of palaeontology. The text summarises the groups of plants occurring as fossils and describes how best to investigate them. It explains modern research techniques that reveal details of anatomical and reproductive characteristics, and the features for identifying commonly found plant fossils. The approaches for interpreting these fossils are assessed, and the book highlights how such methods are employed by palaeobotanists to increase our knowledge of plant evolution, palaeoecology, palaeogeography and stratigraphy. The book discusses how the science of palaeobotany has developed over the last 300 years, with examples and illustrations from a global range of plant groups. It is valuable for students on introductory or intermediate courses in palaeobotany, palaeontology and plant evolution, and for amateurs looking for help in studying plant fossils."--NHBS Environment Bookstore.

Subjects: Plants, Fossil.;

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Evolution and plants of the past / by Banks, Harlan P.(Harlan Parker),1913-1998.(CARDINAL)337693;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Plants, their fossilization, and techniques of fossil study -- In the beginning -- Early plant life : the thallophytes -- The invasion of the land -- Some consequences -- The next 65 million years : coal age plants -- Evolution : an overview -- The riddle of the pine cones -- Angiosperms : the culmination of plant evolution.

Subjects: Paleobotany.;

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Fossils / by Walker, C.(Cyril),1900-(CARDINAL)547550; Ward, David J.(CARDINAL)319241;

Subjects: Illustrated works.; Fossils; Fossils; Fossiles.; Fossiles;

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The evolution of plants / by Willis, K. J.(CARDINAL)331576; McElwain, J. C.(CARDINAL)331575;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-349) and index.Evolutionary record and methods of reconstruction. Geological timescale -- Methods of reconstruction -- Dating methods -- Earliest forms of plant life. Earliest environments -- Accumulation of organic material and formation of the first cell -- First prokaryotes : the geological evidence -- Evolution of the eukaryotes -- Possible triggering mechanisms of eukaryotic evolution -- Colonization of land. Environmental changes during the Cambrian and Ordovician (543 to 443 Ma) -- Fossil evidence for plant terrestrialization -- Examples of earliest land plants in the fossil record -- Evolutionary trends : green algae to land plants? -- Evolutionary trends : non-vascular to vascular plants? -- Biogeographical distribution of the earliest land plants in the late Silurian and early Devonian ([approximately] 430 to 390 Ma) -- First forests. Environmental changes spanning the mid-Devonian to late Carboniferous ([approximately] 395 to 290 Ma) -- Major changes and innovations in the plant fossil record during the mid Devonian to late Carboniferous ([approximately] 395 to 290 Ma) -- Evidence of further plant adaptations to land dwelling between early Devonian and late Carboniferous (395 to 290 Ma) -- Further adaptations to the plant life cycle -- Earliest trees in the fossil record -- Evolutionary trends : earliest vascular plants to trees -- Biogeographical distribution of global vegetation during the early and late Carboniferous (354 to 290 Ma) -- Major emergence of the seed plants. Environmental changes during the Permian (290 to 248 Ma) -- Evolution of cycads, bennettites, ginkgos, and glossopterids -- Biogeographical distribution of global vegetation during the middle Permian (267 to 264 Ma) -- Major radiation of the conifers -- Biogeographical distribution of global vegetation during the early Jurassic (260 to 180 Ma) -- Flowering plant origins. Evidence for the first angiosperms -- Nature and distribution of the earliest angiosperms -- Why so late? -- Evolutionary trends : gymnosperms to angiosperms? -- Biogeographical distribution of global vegetation during the late Cretaceous ([approximately] 84 to 65 Ma) -- Past 65 million years. Environmental changes over the past 65 million years (Tertiary and Quarternary) -- Biogeographical distribution of global vegetation between [approximately] 60 and 50 Ma (late Palaeocene to early Eocene) -- Evolution of grasses -- Decline of the forests and spread of aridland vegetation -- Biogeographical distribution of global vegetation between 34 to 25 Ma (Oligocene) -- Evolution of plants using [C-4] and CAM photosynthetic pathways -- Biogeographical distribution of global vegetation by 11.2-5.3 Ma (late Miocene) -- Mass extinctions and persistent populations. Definition of mass extinction -- Evidence in the geological record : plants versus animals -- Why no mass extinction in the plant fossil record? -- Evidence for persistence in the plant fossil record -- Adaptations of plants for persistence -- Ancient DNA and the biomolecular record. Potential of ancient DNA in evolutionary research -- Deposition, preservation, and extraction of DNA -- Examples of current research -- Limitations of the technique -- In defence of ancient DNA -- Other fossil plant biomolecules, biomacromolecules, and chemical constituents -- Stable carbon isotopes ([change in carbon-13]) and the fossil plant record -- Evolutionary theories and the plant fossil record. Evolutionary theories -- Patterns of evolutionary change in the plant fossil record -- Mechanisms driving evolutionary change -- Why should plant evolution be related to periods of increased continental plate movement?

Subjects: Plants;

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Homoplasy : the recurrence of similarity in evolution / by Sanderson, Michael J.(CARDINAL)325898; Hufford, Larry,1958-(CARDINAL)325897;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Explanations of homoplasy at different levels of biological organization -- Homoplasy connections and disconnections: genes and species, molecules and morphology -- Relationship between homoplasy and confidence in a phylogenetic tree -- Nonfloral homoplasy and evolutionary scenarios in living and fossil land plants -- Behavioral characters and homoplasy: perception versus practice -- Measures of homoplasy -- Measurement of homoplasy: a stochastic view -- Complexity and homoplasy -- Exaptation, adaptation, and homoplasy: evolution of ecological traits in Dalechampia vines -- Patterns of homplasy in behavioral evolution -- Ontogenetic evolution, clade diversification, and homoplasy -- Homoplasy in angiosperm flowers -- Homoplasy and the evolutionary process: an afterword.

Subjects: Homoplasy.;

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Historical geology : understanding our planet's past / by Erickson, Jon,1948-(CARDINAL)333325;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-296) and index.

Subjects: Historical geology.;

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