Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes
Contributors: Haufler, Christopher H.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780511413797; 9781281751157
Subjects: Club mosses; Ferns
Description: A thorough overview of the biology and evolution of a fascinating groups of organisms.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOGENESIS; 1 Photoresponses in fern gametophytes; 2 Alternation of generations; 3 Meristem organization and organ diversity; PART II GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; 4 Population genetics; 5 Antheridiogens; 6 Structure and evolution of fern plastid genomes; 7 Evolution of the nuclear genome of ferns and lycophytes; PART III ECOLOGY; 8 Phenology and habitat specificity of tropical ferns; 9 Gametophyte ecology; 10 Conservation biology.; title: 11 Ex situ conservation of ferns and lycophytes; title: approaches and techniquesPART IV SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; 12 Species and speciation; 13 Phylogeny of ferns: a paleontological perspective; 14 Diversity, biogeography, and floristics; 15 Fern phylogeny; 16 Fern classification; Index.