LEADER 02709nam0 2200325 450 001 000030312 005 20120424140309.0 010 $a978-0-19-850065-0 100 $a20120424d2002----km-y0itaa50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 200 1 $a<> evolution of plants$fK. J. Willis, J. C. McElwain 210 $aNew York$cOxford University Press$d2002 215 $aX, 378 p.$cill.$d25 cm. 330 $aExamines the evolution of plants from the earliest forms of life. This book incorporates many studies on the morphological evolution of plants, enlivens the subject with research on ancient DNA and other bimolecular markers, and places plant evolution in the context of climate change and mass extinction. It also includes special biome maps. 330 $aA major new undergraduate textbook on plant evoution This is a broad but provocative examination of the evolution of plants from the earliest forms of life to the development of our present flora. Taking a fresh, modern approach to a subject often treated very stuffily, the book incorporates many recent studies on the morphological evolution of plants, enlivens the subject with current research on ancient DNA and other biomolecular markers, and places plant evolution in the context of climate change and mass extinction. It is written to be accessible to undergraduates, so, for example, geological time is discussed in terms of 'millions of years ago' as well as by the names of the ages, and English equivalents of plant names are prefered, e.g. seed plants (instead of gymnosperms), flowering plants (instead of angiosperms). * Links up the trends/patterns seen in the fossil flora from the earliest green algae through to the present day. * Covers the whole geological timescale, but focuses the chapters on periods when major evolutionary changes occurred. * Special Biome Maps indicate the general trends in changing global plant distribution through time. 606 1 $aPiante$xEvoluzione 606 2 $aGenetica vegetale 676 $a581.38$v(22. ed.)$9Evoluzione delle piante 700 1$aWillis,$bK. J.$4070$0445710 701 1$aMcElwain,$bJ. C.$0445711 801 0$aIT$bUniversità della Basilicata - B.I.A.$gRICA$2unimarc 912 $a000030312 996 $aEvolution of plants$993457 997 $aUNIBAS CAT $aLCR$b01$c20120124$lBAS01$h1049 CAT $aTTM$b30$c20120424$lBAS01$h1403 FMT Z30 -1$lBAS01$LBAS01$mBOOK$1BASA2$APolo Tecnico-Scientifico$2DID$BDidattica$3PTS.s2.p52.23A$6110385$5T110385$820120222$f04$FPrestabile Didattica Z30 -1$lBAS01$LBAS01$mBOOK$1BASA2$APolo Tecnico-Scientifico$2DID$BDidattica$3PTS.s2.p52.23B$6110384$5T110384$820120222$f04$FPrestabile Didattica