The land plant cover in the Devonian: A reassessment of the evolution of the tree habit

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 339, Issue , 2010, Pages 59-70

  Meyer Berthaud, B ^a,b   Soria, A ^a   Decombeix, A L ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; FERN; MORPHOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; TREE; VEGETATION COVER; XYLEM;

ARCHAEOPTERIDALES; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHYLLOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 79951777099     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP339.6     Document Type: Article

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