Plants Invade the Land
Contributors: Patricia G. Gensel (Editor); Dianne Edwards (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780231111614
Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Palaeobotany; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Botany; Life Sciences - Evolution; Paleontology; Science / Paleontology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Evolution; Paleobotany; Plants
First sentence: The invasion of the land by organisms is one of the major events in the evolution of life, permanently altering the conditions on Earth and essentially resulting in the diversification of the kingdom Plantae as presently defined.