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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003534789707536

Titolo

The origins of angiosperms and their biological consequences / edited by Else Marie Friis, William G. Chaloner, Peter R. Crane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire : Cambridge University Press, c1987

ISBN

052131173X

Descrizione fisica

x, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Friis, Else Marie

Chaloner, William Gilbert

Crane, Peter R.

Altri autori (Convegni)

International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology <3. ; 1985 ; Brighton, University of Sussex, England>

Disciplina

561.2

Soggetti

Angiosperms - Congresses

Angiosperms, Fossil - Congresses

Paleontology - Cretaceous - Congresses

Paleontology - Tertiary - Congresses

Plants - Evolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Most of the contributions were presented at a symposium held during the Third International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, in August 1985" Pref.

Includes bibliographies and index

Contents: 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 ... [et al.]. Vegetational and mammalian faunal changes in the Early Tertiary of southern England / M.E. Collinson and J.J. Hooker