Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes / Edition 1

by Tom A. Ranker, Christopher H. Haufler

Overview

With their team of contemporary scholars, the editors present a thorough coverage of fundamental topics necessary for obtaining an up-to-date understanding of the biology of ferns and lycophytes. The book is organized into major topics that build from the individual and its biochemistry and structure, to genetics and populations, to interactions among individuals and the conservation of species, and concludes with perspectives on evolutionary history and classification. Each chapter is organized to review past work, explore current questions, and suggest productive directions for continued discoveries about these fascinating groups of organisms. Written for upper undergraduates, graduates and academic researchers, Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes fills a major gap in biological, organism-level, evolutionary literature by providing a review of the biology and evolution of this important group of vascular land plants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521696890
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/19/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	502
Sales rank:	983,042
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Tom A. Ranker received his Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Kansas. He is President of the International Association of Pteridologists (2005–11) and is a past President of the American Fern Society. From 1990 to 2007, Dr Ranker was the Curator of Botany at the Museum of Natural History and a faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Beginning in 2008 he joined he faculty of the Department of Botany, University of Hawai'i, Manoa, Honolulu.

Christopher H. Haufler received his Ph.D. in Botany from Indiana University. After obtaining his Ph.D., Dr Haufler held post-doctoral positions at Harvard University and at the Missouri Botanical Garden before becoming a faculty member at the University of Kansas in 1979, where he has been ever since. He is currently President of the Botanical Society of America and Past President of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the American Fern Society. He has received a Centennial Award from the Botanical Society of America.

Table of Contents

Preface. Tom A. Ranker and Christopher H. Haufler; Part I. Development and Morphogenesis: 1. Photoresponses in fern gametophytes Masamitsu Wada; 2. Alternation of generations Elizabeth Sheffield; 3. Meristem organization and organ diversity Ryoko Imaichi; Part II. Genetics and Reproduction: 4. Population genetics Tom A. Ranker and Jennifer M. O. Geiger; 5. Antheridiogen Jakob J. Schneller; 6. Genomic studies: chloroplast genome Paul G. Wolf and Jessie M. Roper; 7. Genomic studies: nuclear genome Takuya Nakazato, Michael S. Barker, Loren H. Rieseberg and Gerald J. Gastony; Part III. Ecology: 8. Phenology and habitat specificity of tropical ferns Klaus Mehltreter; 9. Gametophyte ecology Donald R. Farrar, Cynthia Dassler, James E. Watkins, Jr. and Chanda Skelton; 10. Conservation biology Naomi N. Arcand and Tom A. Ranker; 11. Ex situ conservation Valerie C. Pence; Part IV. Systematics and Evolutionary Biology: 12. Species and speciation Christopher H. Haufler; 13. Phylogeny and evolution of ferns: a paleontological perspective Gar W. Rothwell and Ruth A. Stockey; 14. Biodiversity, floristics, biogeography Robbin C. Moran; 15. Molecular phylogeny Eric Schuettpelz and Kathleen M. Pryer; 16. Phylogeny and classification Alan R. Smith, Kathleen M. Pryer, Eric Schuettpelz, Petra Korall, Harald Schneider and Paul G. Wolf.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"The most closely related book is the 1938 Manual of Pteridology edited by Frans Verdoorn, so this is a long-overdue summary of the up-to-date understanding of ferns and lycophytes."
L.G. Kavaljian, Choice

"I enthusiastically recommend this readable and authoritative book to scholars interested in the latest research on ferns."
Linda Graham, Plant Science Bulletin

Editorial Reviews

"The most closely related book is the 1938 Manual of Pteridology edited by Frans Verdoorn, so this is a long-overdue summary of the up-to-date understanding of ferns and lycophytes."
L.G. Kavaljian, Choice

"I enthusiastically recommend this readable and authoritative book to scholars interested in the latest research on ferns."
Linda Graham, Plant Science Bulletin

From the Publisher