000453952 000__ 04345cam\a2200481\a\4500 000453952 001__ 453952 000453952 005__ 20210513160129.0 000453952 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000453952 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000453952 008__ 130107s2012\\\\enka\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000453952 010__ $$z 2012001241 000453952 020__ $$a9781139554084 (electronic bk.) 000453952 020__ $$z9780521855983 000453952 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn817236721 000453952 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10621743 000453952 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC989095 000453952 035__ $$a453952 000453952 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000453952 043__ $$at------ 000453952 05014 $$aQK980$$b.C35 2012eb 000453952 08204 $$a561/.19989$$223 000453952 1001_ $$aCantrill, David J.,$$d1962- 000453952 24514 $$aThe vegetation of Antarctica through geological time$$h[electronic resource] /$$cDavid J. Cantrill, Imogen Poole. 000453952 260__ $$aCambridge :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2012. 000453952 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 480 p.) :$$bill. 000453952 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000453952 5058_ $$aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Colonization of the land -- 3. Deglaciation and colonization of the South Pole -- 4. Mass extinction and life in the Triassic -- 5. Continental break up and its impact on Jurassic vegetation -- 6. Fern-conifer dominated lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) ecosystems and the angiosperm invasion -- 7. The origin of southern temperate ecosystems -- 8. The heat is on: Paleogene floras and the Paleocene-Eocene warm period -- 9. After the heat: late Eocene to Pliocene climatic cooling and modification of the Antarctic vegetation -- Index. 000453952 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000453952 520__ $$a"The fossil history of plant life in Antarctica is central to our understanding of the evolution of vegetation through geological time and also plays a key role in reconstructing past configurations of the continents and associated climatic conditions. This book provides the only detailed overview of the development of Antarctic vegetation from the Devonian period to the present day, presenting Earth scientists with valuable insights into the break up of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. Details of specific floras and ecosystems are provided within the context of changing geological, geographical and environmental conditions, alongside comparisons with contemporaneous and modern ecosystems. The authors demonstrate how palaeobotany contributes to our understanding of the palaeoenvironmental changes in the southern hemisphere during this period of Earth history. The book is a complete and up-to-date reference for researchers and students in Antarctic palaeobotany and terrestrial palaeoecology"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000453952 520__ $$a"Throughout the Devonian a remarkable transformation of the land was under way. The vegetation which had comprised small, probably streamside plants only a few centimetres high in the earliest Devonian changed dramatically. The evolution of secondary growth (wood) paved the way for an increase in stature and the origin of the tree habit (such as that exhibited by the progymnosperm, Archaeopteris). By the late Devonian forests were growing across the landscape creating new niches for understory plants, resulting in an increase in diversity within terrestrial ecosystems. This transformation paved the way for animal groups to follow the plants on to land and begin to colonise the new niches created by the plants"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000453952 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000453952 650_0 $$aPlants$$xEvolution$$zAntarctica. 000453952 650_0 $$aPlants, Fossil$$zAntarctica. 000453952 650_0 $$aPaleobotany$$yDevonian. 000453952 650_0 $$aPaleoecology$$yDevonian. 000453952 650_0 $$aPaleontology$$yDevonian. 000453952 650_0 $$aGeological time. 000453952 7001_ $$aPoole, Imogen. 000453952 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aCantrill, David J., 1962-$$tVegetation of Antarctica through geological time. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012$$z9780521855983$$w(DLC) 2012001241$$w(OCoLC)773429171 000453952 8520_ $$bacq 000453952 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000453952 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000453952 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=989095$$zOnline Access 000453952 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=989095$$zOnline Access 000453952 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:453952$$pGLOBAL_SET 000453952 980__ $$aEBOOK$$aEBOOK 000453952 980__ $$aBIB 000453952 982__ $$aEbook 000453952 983__ $$aOnline