Table of Contents
Introduction
Patricia g. Gensel
Embryophytes on Land: The Ordovician to Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) Record
Dianne Edwards and Charles Wellman
Rustling in the Undergrowth: Animals in Early Terrestrial Ecosystems
William A. Shear and Paul A. Selden
New Data on Nothia aphylla Lyon 1964 ex El-Saadawy et Lacey 1979, a Poorly Known Plant from the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert
Hans Kerp, Hagen Hass, and Volker Mosbrugger
Morphology of Above- and Below-Ground Structures in Early Devonian (Pragian-Emsian) Plants
Patricia G. Gensel, Michele E. Kotyk, and James F. Basinger
The Posongchong Floral Assemblages of Southeastern Yunnan. ChinaDiversity and Disparity in Early Devonian Plant Assemblages
Hao Shou-Gang and Patricia G. Gensel
The Middle Devonian Flora Revisited
Christopher M. Berry and Muriel Fairon-Demaret
The Origin, Morphology, and Ecophysiology of Early Embryophytes: Neontological and Paleontological Perspectives
Linda E. Graham and Jane Gray
Biological Roles for Phenolic Compounds in the Evolution of Early Land Plants
Gillian A. Cooper-Driver
The Effect of the Rise of Land Plants on Atmospheric CO2 During the Paleozoic
Robert A. Berner
Early Terrestrial Plant Environments: An Example from the Emsian of Gaspé, Canada
C.L. Hotton, F.M. Hueber, D.H. Griffing, and J.S. Bridge
Effects of the Middle to Late Devonian Spread of Vascular Land Plants on Weathering Regimes, Marine Biotas, and Global Climate
Thomas J. Algeo, Stephen E. Scheckler, and J. Barry Maynard
Diversification of Siluro-Devonian Plant Traces in Paleosols and Influence on Estimates of Paleoatmospheric CO2 Levels
Steven G. Driese and Claudia I. Mora
References
Index