Introduction to Bryophytes
- Authors:
- Alain Vanderpoorten, Université de Liège, Belgium
- Bernard Goffinet, University of Connecticut
- Date Published: May 2009
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521700733
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Bryophytes were a pivotal step in land plant evolution, and their significance in the regulation of ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity is becoming increasingly acknowledged. This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge of bryophyte biology, making it ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as amateur botanists. The authors expertly summarise the diversity of bryophytes and outline recent advances in our understanding of their evolutionary history, their ecological roles and preferences, their distribution patterns and conservation needs. The text is highly illustrated throughout, with boxed summaries of topics of current relevance in bryophyte biology, and a glossary of technical terms.
Read more- Boxed essays summarise topics of current relevance in bryophyte biology
- Gives a modern perspective on bryophyte systematics with chapters on conservation, pollution, and evolution
- Provides a bridge to the more advanced treatment given in Goffinet and Shaw's Bryophyte Biology (2nd edition, 2008, Cambridge University Press)
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- Date Published: May 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521700733
- length: 328 pages
- dimensions: 248 x 175 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.65kg
- contains: 82 b/w illus. 16 colour illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Evolutionary significance of bryophytes
2. Ecological significance of bryophytes
3. Liverworts
4. Mosses
5. Hornworts
6. Biogeography of bryophytes
7. Ecology of bryophytes
8. Physiological ecology of bryophytes
9. Bryophytes in a changing world
10. Conservation biology of bryophytes
Glossary
References
Index.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Biology of Mosses
- Bryology
- Introduction to Bryophytes
- Non-vascular Plant Morphology
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