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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire : Cambridge University Press, c1987
• Descrizione fisica: x, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 561.2
• Soggetto topico: Angiosperms - Congresses; Angiosperms, Fossil - Congresses; Paleontology - Cretaceous - Congresses; Paleontology - Tertiary - Congresses; Plants - Evolution
• Altri autori: 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>
• 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
• ISBN: 052131173X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 991003534789707536
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