Keywords:
Bryophytes.
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Bryology-Congresses.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (395 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781351463041
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5358214
DDC:
588.05
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Welcome to the Centenary Symposium -- PART 1: A SPECIAL TRIBUTE -- 1: The life and work of Professor Paul Westmacott Richards December 19, 1908 - October 4, 1995 -- PART 2: ORIGINS, EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS -- 2: The fossil record of early land plants and interrelationships between primitive embryophytes: too little and too late? -- 3: Bryophyte phylogeny and the evolution of land plants: evidence from development and ultrastructure -- 4: Bryophytes and the origins and diversification of land plants: new evidence from molecules -- 5: A molecular approach to bryophyte systematics -- 6: Molecular taxonomy of liverworts -- 7: Spore colour and ornamentation in the taxonomy of Asterella (Marchantiales, Aytoniaceae) -- 8: The ordinal classification of the mosses: questions and answers for the 1990s -- 9: Cladistic studies on pleurocarpous mosses: research needs, and use of results -- 10: Revised generic classification of the Orthotrichaceae based on a molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology -- 11: Genetic analysis of a hybrid zone in Mielichhoferia (Musci) -- PART 3: MORPHOGENESIS AND CELL BIOLOGY -- 12: Auxin structure-activity relationships in Phys comitre Ila patens -- 13: Origin of bicentrioles in Anthocerote spermatogenous cells -- 14: Microtubules and gametophyte morphogenesis in the liverwort Marchantía paleacea Bert -- 15: Protonemal morphogenesis -- 16: Gravitropism in moss protonema -- PART 4: PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, POLLUTION AND GLOBAL CHANGE -- 17: New perspectives in the biophysics and physiology of bryophytes -- 18: Ecophysiology of photosynthetic pigments in aquatic bryophytes -- 19: Nutrient retention, desiccation and redistribution in mosses -- 20: Quantifying bryophyte-environment relationships.
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21: Modelling the dynamics of bryophyte populations -- 22: Effects of ozone and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on bryophytes -- 23: Effects of increased carbon dioxide and nitrogen supply on mosses -- 24: Sphagnum, the peatland carbon economy, and climate change -- APPENDIX -- 25: Reproductive biology and life-history strategies -- INDEX.
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