Name: Bryology for the Twenty-first Century
ISBN: 9781315138626

Book

ABSTRACT

A compilation of state of the art papers on key topics in bryology from invited speakers at the Centenary Symposium, University of Glasgow, 57 August 1996.

chapter |3 pages

Welcome to the Centenary Symposium

chapter 1|10 pages

The life and work of Paul Westmacott Richards December 19, 1908–October 4, 1995

chapter 2|29 pages

The fossil record of early land plants and interrelationships between primitive embryophytes: too little and too late?

chapter 3|19 pages

Bryophyte phylogeny and the evolution of land plants: Evidence from development and ultrastrutcure

chapter 4|13 pages

Bryophytes and the Origins and Diversification of Land Plants: New Evidence from Molecules

chapter 5|10 pages

A molecular approach to bryophyte systematics

chapter 6|9 pages

Molecular Taxonomy of Liverworts

chapter 7|14 pages

Spore colour and ornamentation in the taxonomy of Asterella (Marchantiales, Aytoniaceae)

chapter 8|11 pages

The ordinal classification of the mosses: questions and answers for the 1990s

chapter 9|17 pages

Cladistic studies on pleurocarpous mosses: Research needs, and use of results

chapter 10|17 pages

Revised generic classification of the Orthotrichaceae based on a molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology

chapter 11|14 pages

Genetic analysis of a hybrid zone in Mielichhoferia (Musci)

chapter 12|14 pages

Auxin structure-activity relationships in Physcomitrella patens

chapter 13|15 pages

Origin of bicentrioles in Anthocerote spermatogenous cells

chapter 14|17 pages

Microtubules and gametophyte morphogenesis in the liverwort Marchantia paleacea Bert.

chapter 15|24 pages

Protonemal morphogenesis

chapter 16|14 pages

Gravitropism in moss protonemata

chapter 17|15 pages

New perspectives in the biophysics and physiology of bryophytes

chapter 18|16 pages

Ecophysiology of photosynthetic pigments in aquatic bryophytes

chapter 19|12 pages

Nutrient retention, desiccation and redistribution in mosses

chapter 20|15 pages

Quantifying bryophyte-environment relationships

chapter 21|10 pages

Modelling the dynamics of bryophyte populations

chapter 22|11 pages

Effects of ozone and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on bryophytes

chapter 23|18 pages

Effects of increased carbon dioxide and nitrogen supply on mosses

chapter 24|8 pages

Sphagnum, the peatland carbon economy, and climate change

chapter 25|1 pages

Reproductive biology and life-history strategies

Bryology for the Twenty-first Century