Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings, Thomas N. Taylor

Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants


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Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings, Thomas N. Taylor
Publisher: Academic Press




Botany is the area of biology concerned with the scientific study of all forms of plant life. It's an area where the Taylors have enjoyed considerable success in their decades-long work to understand the evolution of the flora that once dominated Antarctica more than 200 million years ago. Typical paleobiological research attempts to answer biological questions using geological objects such as fossils found in the field. Paleobotany is the branch of paleontology dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their place in the reconstruction of past environments and the history of life. Eight years ago, when paleobotanists Edith and Tom Taylor and their team were last in the central Transantarctic Mountains searching for fossils, foul weather and mechanical difficulties with the helicopters kept them more often than not in the camp. Botany thus covers a huge range of plant species, from agricultural crops to delicate flowers to microscopic algae, Paleobotany involves the scientific recovery and study of plant fossil remains. ȿ�是一本经过30多年精心打造而不断完善的英文版古植物学教科书,它很厚重、很精致,值得我们学习学习再学习。该书基本信息如下:. Paleobotany includes the study of terrestrial plant fossils biology with the methods and findings of paleontology. Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants, 2nd ed., by Thomas N. Ĺ�名:“Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants”. Paleobotanists use these fossils to help build a picture of prehistoric environments, the feeding resources of extinct animals and the evolutionary pasts of modern plants.