Bryophyte Biology provides a comprehensive yet succinct overview of the morphology, systematics, ecology, and evolution of hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. A distinguished set of contributors provide state-of-the-art summaries of the most recent advances in bryology, with rich citation of the current literature. Revised classifications for the liverworts and mosses are presented that depart significantly from previous arrangements. These novel classifications reflect the results of recent phylogenetic analyses and include exhaustive lists of accepted genera with their familial placements. Accessible and well-illustrated overviews of morphology are provided for each group, with subsequent contributions focusing on current areas of active research, including developmental biology, molecular genetics, ecology, and microevolution. In addition to reviews of the most current literature, the chapters provide abundant reference to classical studies in bryology that will help those new to the topic to develop an historical perspective within which recent developments can be viewed.
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"A long-needed book...Well-referenced to the technical literature. Serves as a key anchoring point as future research efforts unfold. An essential book for all bryologists!" Northeastern Naturalist
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A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the morphology, systematics, ecology, and evolution of hornworts, liverworts, and mosses which includes completely new classifications for the liverworts and mosses based on recent phylogenetic analyses. Accessible and well-illustrated contributions on morphology are complemented by chapters focusing on current areas of active research. In addition to reviews of the most current literature, the chapters provide abundant reference to classical studies that will help those new to the topic to develop an historical perspective within which recent developments can be viewed.
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I 'somewhat' support the previous review, but the title does suggest it is about bryo bio. It is very good about covering the many aspects of bryophyte biology. Stress tolerance, reproduction, community make-up, dessication, and so on. As a lichen and moss student, I found it very very interesting and helpful. As always the lit cited sections are another bounty of information for additional inquiries! If you have a choice - buy it used and paperback... It would also be a great supplemental text in a bryo bio course. Again - it is very informative and not full of fifty cent words. I feel a reader with a decent background and interest in plant phys would be comfortable with it.
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Twenty-first century science of the mosses. The text demands familiarity with the latest biological concepts of genetics and molecular biology.
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Recently implicated as the oldest extant lineage of land plants, the anthocerotes hold many clues to the early diversification of terrestrial organisms (Malek et al. 1996, Garbary & Renzaglia 1998, Hedderson et al. 1998, Vaughn & Renzaglia 1998, Beckert et al. 1999, Nishiyama & Kato 1999, Renzaglia et al. 2000). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
capsule wall cells, sphaerocarpos texanus, other embryophytes, endangered bryophytes, moss diversity, ventral canal cell, gametangial formation, liverwort species, caulonemal filaments, hummock species, bryophyte species, bryophyte diversity, bryophyte classes, bryophyte taxa, protonemal filaments, thalloid liverworts, many bryophytes, most bryophytes, epiphytic bryophytes, lunularic acid, poor fens, bryophyte ecology, moss genera, peatland types, aquatic bryophytes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Recently implicated as the oldest extant lineage of land plants, the anthocerotes hold many clues to the early diversification of terrestrial organisms (Malek et al. 1996, Garbary & Renzaglia 1998, Hedderson et al. 1998, Vaughn & Renzaglia 1998, Beckert et al. 1999, Nishiyama & Kato 1999, Renzaglia et al. 2000). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
capsule wall cells, sphaerocarpos texanus, other embryophytes, endangered bryophytes, moss diversity, ventral canal cell, gametangial formation, liverwort species, caulonemal filaments, hummock species, bryophyte species, bryophyte diversity, bryophyte classes, bryophyte taxa, protonemal filaments, thalloid liverworts, many bryophytes, most bryophytes, epiphytic bryophytes, lunularic acid, poor fens, bryophyte ecology, moss genera, peatland types, aquatic bryophytes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New York, British Bryological Society, Academic Press, Clarendon Press, New Phytologist, Van Cleve, Bryophytorum Bibliotheca, New Zealand, Cambridge University Press, Botanical Gazette, New Caledonia, Nova Hedwigia, Environmental Pollution, Annual Review, Botanical Research, Linnean Society, Science Reports, South America, Soviet Union, Physiologia Plantarum, Annals of Botany, Journal of Bryology, Lower Devonian, New Guinea New!
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- Bryophyte Ecology by A. Smith on 10 pages
- Introduction to Bryology by W. B. Schofield on 6 pages
- Bryophytes and Lichens in a Changing Environment (Oxford Science Publications) by Jeffrey W. Bates on 4 pages
- Natural Hybridization and Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) by Michael L. Arnold on page 394
- Symmetry in Plants (World Scientific Series in Mathematical Biology and Medicine) by Roger V. Jean on page 148
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- Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems by Jagtar Bhatti on page 214
- Vegetation Ecology by Eddy van der Maarel on page 145
- Anthocyanins in Leaves, Volume 37 (Advances in Botanical Research) by Kevin Gould on page 52
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