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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fossil Metasequoia and History
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Back Matter
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About this book
The plant fossil record provides evidence that the genus Metasequoia was widely distributed and experienced a wide range of climatic and environmental conditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere from the early Late Cretaceous to the Plio-Pleistocene. Today the genus is limited to one species with approximately 5,000 mature individuals growing in the Xiahoe Valley in southeastern China. This book is a distillation of the collective efforts and results of the world’s Metasequoia specialists and enthusiasts. It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference source for the genus and the authors have sought to incorporate obscure, hard-to-get and non-English reference sources. The book reviews what is known about the biology, ecology and physiology of fossil and living Metasequoia, current research directions and problems that remain unresolved.
This book presents a definitive overview of fossil and living Metasequoia and was written by sixteen of the world’s experts on this important genus. Given the reality of increasing human pressure and the inevitability of global change, efforts to conserve this ancient genus are underway.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Geobiology and Ecology of Metasequoia
Editors: Ben A. LePage, Christopher J. Williams, Hong Yang
Series Title: Topics in Geobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2764-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2631-7Published: 30 March 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9166-4Published: 26 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2764-2Published: 22 July 2005
Series ISSN: 0275-0120
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 434
Topics: Biogeosciences, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Paleontology, Tree Biology