Phanerozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems (The Paleontological Society Papers, Volume 6, November 2000)

[x], 308, [2] pp. A series of papers originally presented as a short course at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Reno, Nevada, November 12, 2000. Includes: Introduction; Cryptospores: The Origin and Early Evolution of the Terrestrial Flora; Ordovician Life on Land and Early Paleozoic Global Change; The Paleosol Record of Increasing Plant Diversity and Depth of Rooting and Changes in Atmospheric pCO2 in the Siluro-Devonian; Ecological Stability during the Late Paleozoic Cold Interval; The Modernization of Landscapes during the Late Paleozoic - Early Mesozoic; Early Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems: Faunal Changes among Vertebrates; The Invertebrate Invasion and Evolution of Mesozoic Soil Ecosystems: The Ichnofossil Record of Ecological Innovations; Did Ground Cover Change Over Geologic Time?; Dinosaur Architectural Adaptions for a Gymnosperm-Dominated World; Evolution and Expansion of Flowering Plants; The Paleobiology of Pollination and Its Precursors; Dietary Evidence for Competing in the New Order; Welcome to the C4 World; Out of the Garden and into the Cooler? A Quaternary Perspective on Deep-Time Paleoecology.