The Evolution of Plant Physiology (Linnean Society Symposium, Number 21)
Contributors: Alan R. Hemsley (Editor); Imogen Poole (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: January 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780123395528
Subjects: Evolution; Plant physiology; Paleontology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Botany; Life Sciences - Evolution; Science / Botany
First sentence: The tremendous interest in the form and function of the earliest land plants mirrors the enormous effect such plants had on the early climate, increasing the drawdown of CO2 directly through photosynthesis and indirectly via weathering (Berner, 1998), both likely to lower global temperatures and encourage additional diversification on land (Algeo et al., 2001).