The evolution of plant physiology : from whole plants to ecosystems
Coupled with biomechanical data, organic geochemistry and cladistic analyses utilizing abundant genetic data, scientific studies are revealing new facets of how plants have evolved over time. This collection of papers examines these early stages of plant physiology evolution by describing the initial physiological adaptations necessary for survival as upright structures in a dry, terrestrial environment. The Evolution of Plant Physiology also encompasses physiology in its broadest sense to include biochemistry, histology, mechanics, development, growth, reproduction and with an emphasis on the interplay between physiology, development and plant evolution. Contributions from leading neo- and palaeo-botanists from the Linnean Society. Focus on how evolution shaped photosynthesis, respiration, reproduction and metabolism. Coverage of the effects of specific evolutionary forces -- variations in water and nutrient availability, grazing pressure, and other environmental variables
eBook, English, ©2004
Published for the Linnean Society of London by Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, ©2004
Linnean Society symposium series, no. 21
proceedings (reports)
1 online resource (xiii, 492 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9780123395528, 9780080472720, 9781280966811, 9786610966813, 0123395526, 0080472729, 1280966815, 6610966818
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Part I: The Origins of Plant Physiology
Turning the land green: inferring photosynthetic physiology and diffusive limitations in early bryophytes
Physiological evolution of lower embryophytes: adaptations to the terrestrial environment
Origin, function and development of the spore wall in early land plants
Part II: Evolution of Plant Physiology from the Molecular Level
The evolution of plant biochemistry and the implications for physiology
Did auxin play a crucial role in the evolution of novel body plans during the Late Silurian-Early Devonian radiation of land plants?
Aquaporins: structure, function and phylogenetic analysis
Evolutionary origin of the ethylene biosynthesis pathway in angiosperms
Early land plant adaptations to terrestrial stress: A focus on phenolics
Plant cuticles: Multifunctional interfaces between plant and environment
Part III: Evolution of Anatomical Physiology
Falling atmospheric CO2
the key to megaphyll leaf origins
Stomatal function and physiology
The photosynthesis-transpiration compromise and other aspects of leaf morphology and leaf functioning within an evolutionary and ecological context of changes in CO2 and H2O availability
Xylem hydraulics and angiosperm success: A test using broad-leafed species
Evolution of xylem physiology
Hydraulics and mechanics of plants: Novelty, innovation and evolution
Becoming fruitful and diversifying: DNA sequence phylogenetics and reproductive physiology of land plants
Evolution of angiosperm fruit and seed dispersal biology and ecophysiology: Morphological, anatomical and chemical evidence from fossils
Part IV: Evolution of Environmental and Ecosystem Physiology
The rise and fall of the Podocarpaceae in Australia
A physiological explanation
The adaptive physiology of Metasequoia to eocene high-latitude environments
Experimental evaluation of photosystem parameters and their role in the evolution of stand structure and deciduousness in response to palaeoclimate seasonality in Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Hu et Cheng)
Adaptive ancientness of vascular plants to exploitation of low-nutrient substrates
a neobotanical overview
The evolution of aluminium accumulation in angiosperms
Based on " ... 'The Evolution of Plant Physiology' ... the 2001 meeting of the Linnean Society of London Palaeobotany Specialist Group."--Page 4 of cover
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