History of the Australian vegetation : Cretaceous to recent / edited by Robert S. Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Robert S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleobotany--Australia.

Paleobotany.

Plants--Evolution.

Plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 433 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

University of Adelaide Press 2017

Adelaide : The University of Adelaide Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving fauna, fire and most recently human impact. This book presents a detailed synopsis of the critical events that led to the evolution of the unique Australian flora and the wide variety of vegetational types contained within it. The first part of the book details the past continental relationships of Australia, its palaeoclimate, fauna and the evolution of its landforms since the rise to dominance of the angiosperms at the beginning of the Cretaceous period. A detailed summary of the palaeobotanical record is then presented. The palynological record gives an overview of the vegetation and the distribution of important taxa within it, while the complementary macrofossil record is used to trace the evolution of critical taxa. This book will interest graduate students and researchers interested in the evolution of the flora of this fascinating continent.

Contents:

The Australian fossil plant record : an introduction / R.S. Hill

Maps of late Mesozoic-Cenozoic Gondwana break-up : some palaeogeographical implications / G.E. Wilford and P.J. Brown

The background : 144 million years of Australian palaeoclimate and palaeogeography / P.G. Quilty

Palaeobotanical evidence for Tertiary climates / D.R. Greenwood

Landscapes of Australia : their nature and evolution / G. Taylor

Patterns in the history of Australia's mammals and inferences about palaeohabitats / M. Archer, S.J. Hand & H. Godthelp

Australian Tertiary phytogeography : evidence from palynology / H.A. Martin

Cretaceous vegetation : the microfossil record / M.E. Dettmann

Cretaceous vegetation : the macrofossil record / J.G. Douglas

Early Tertiary vegetation : evidence from spores and pollen / M.K. Macphail [and others]

The early Tertiary macrofloras of continental Australia / D.C. Christophel

Cenozoic vegetation in Tasmania : macrofossil evidence / R.J. Carpenter, R.S. Hill & G.J. Jordan

The Neogene : a period of transition / A.P. Kershaw, H.A. Martin & J.R.C. McEwen Mason.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version (hardback):

Print version (paperback):

ISBN:

9781925261479

1925261476

OCLC:

1000535858

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation