The geobiology and ecology of Metasequoia by Ben A. LePage, Christopher J. Williams, Hong Yang

By Ben A. LePage, Christopher J. Williams, Hong Yang

The plant fossil list shows that the genus Metasequoia was once largely dispensed through the Northern Hemisphere from the early overdue Cretaceous to the Plio-Pleistocene. this day the genus has gotten smaller to 1 species with nearly 5,000 mature contributors in southeastern China’s Xiahoe Valley. This booklet distills the present realizing of the biology, ecology and body structure of fossil and residing Metasequoia, present learn instructions and difficulties that stay unresolved.

Show description

Read or Download The geobiology and ecology of Metasequoia PDF

Best trees books

Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments

Dictionary fo dealing with bushes in city Environments incorporates a accomplished record of phrases utilized in the common administration of city trees.
Many of the phrases are from arboricultural technology, whereas others are derived from unproven yet generally utilized options. the place the prevailing terminology to explain bushes used to be restricted or nonexistent, new phrases were introduced.
The dictionary makes it possible for vast software and use by means of a wide selection of individuals and conveys in undeniable language thoughts which are occasionally advanced. so much significant phrases were cross-referenced and diagrams were further for larger figuring out. whereas a couple of pertinent botanical phrases were incorporated, many phrases with no trouble chanced on inside of dictionaries of basic plant sciences and botany were omitted.
Dictionary for dealing with timber in city Environments promotes a better knowing of arboriculture and concrete forestry, and should help in the guidance of news for the administration of timber, systems and making plans tools, reminiscent of Tree administration guidelines and Tree administration Orders.
Features
Comprehensive dictionary for coping with city trees
Has wide software via different professions
Topic established with an index and move references
Drawn from sleek learn from round the world
Provides terminology the place in a few cases none existed
Consolidates which means via wide move referencing

Food spoilage microorganisms

The regulate of microbiological spoilage calls for an figuring out of a couple of elements together with the data of attainable dangers, their most probably incidence in numerous items, their physiological houses, and the supply and effectiveness of alternative preventative measures. nutrients Spoilage Microorganisms specializes in the keep an eye on of microbial spoilage and offers an figuring out essential to do that.

Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives for Urban Forestry

This publication presents a primary assessment of the phemonemon of post-industrial city barren region: city landscapes as soon as formed through heavy which are being re-colonized clearly by means of forests. those new forms of city woodlands are usually ignored by way of ecologists, foresters and planners. person chapters think about city woodlands from the views of ecology, environmental sociology, forestry, nature conservation and panorama structure.

Dielectric Properties of Wood and Wood-Based Materials

Supplied here's a accomplished treatise on all points of dielectric houses of wooden and wooden items. the themes coated comprise: interplay among electromagnetic box and wooden. - wooden composition and dielectric homes of its parts. - dimension of dielectric parameters of wooden. - Dielectric houses of oven-dry wooden.

Additional resources for The geobiology and ecology of Metasequoia

Sample text

Correlation of Onshore and Offshore Quateranry in China. Science Press, Beijing (in Chinese with English abstract). Yoshida, M. 1984. When was the Himalaya formed? Tethys Research, Bulletin of the Tethys Society 3: 22–46. Zalewska, Z. 1959. The fossil flora of Tur´ow near Bogatynia. Coniferae: Taxodiaceae. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 3: 69–93, 115–120 (in Polish and English). 34 10. Ben A. , International Journal of Plant Sciences 162: 223, figs. 1–7 (2001). Metasequoia millerii Rothwell et Basinger: Rothwell & Basinger, Canadian Journal of Botany 57: 959, figs.

1983. Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic vegetation in China, emphasizing their connections with North America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 70: 490–508. H. C. Cheng. 1948. On the new family Metasequoiaceae and on Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a living species of the genus Metasequoia found in Szechuan and Hupeh. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, New Series 1: 153–161. Johnson, N. D. D. H. K. Tahirkheli. 1982. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy and ages of Siwalik Group rocks of the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan.

1957. Remains of the genus Metasequoia in Tertiary deposits of west Siberia. Pp. 313–326. N. Kryshtofovich Memorial Collection. , Leningrad (in Russian). G. 1962. A description of Tertiary fossil plants from western Siberia. Siberian Scientific Investigation Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy 22: 327–359 (in Russian). Hoch, E. 1983. Fossil evidence of early Tertiary North Atlantic events viewed in the European context. Pp. 401–415. H. Bott, S. Saxov, M. Talwani & J. ). Structure and Development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge.

Download PDF sample

Rated 4.37 of 5 – based on 3 votes