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The aim of the series is to present relatively short accounts of areas of developmental and cell biology where sufficient information has accumulated to allow a considered distillation of the cells. This book studies the developmental biology of fern gametophytes, from their beginning through growth and maturation to their reproductive strategies. The books are intended to interest and instruct advanced undergraduates and graduate students and to make an important contribution to teaching cell and developmental biology. At the same time, they should be of value to biologists who, while not working directly in the area of a particular volume's subject matter, wish to keep abreast of developments relative to their particular interests.
This well timed volume features a selection of chapters composed by experts in their respective fields. It covers a broad range of topics, from its fundamental biology to the fern’s population genetics and environmental and therapeutic applications.
"With their team of contemporary scholars, the editors present a thorough coverage of fundamental topics necessary for obtaining an up-to-date understanding of the biology of ferns and lycophytes. The book is organized into major topics that build from the individual and its biochemistry and structure, to genetics and populations, to interactions among individuals and the conservation of species, and concludes with perspectives on evolutionary history and classification. Each chapter is organized to review past work, explore current questions, and suggest productive directions for continued discoveries about these fascinating groups of organisms. Written for upper undergraduates, graduates and academic researchers, Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes fills a major gap in biological, organism-level, evolutionary literature by providing a review of the biology and evolution of this important group of vascular land plants."--NHBS Environment Bookstore.
The climate and structural complexity of tropical forests enable vertical habitat differentiation between epiphytic and terrestrial communities. Because fern spores are copiously released one might expect to find species growing in both habitats, yet taxa are typically confined to one particular habitat type. The goal of this study was to better understand how development of epiphytic and terrestrial fern species is restricted by habitat, by observing gametophyte growth on various substrates. Experiments revealed that terrestrial gametophytes were malformed, significantly reduced in size and did not reach sexual maturity or failed to germinate when sown directly on top of, or in close proximity to epiphytic bryophyte substrates. In contrast, epiphytic species developed uniformly regardless of distance to bryophyte substrates. These observations indicate that epiphytic bryophytes have a negative impact on terrestrial gametophyte development, perhaps through allelopathy, and this interaction appears to represent a limiting factor for the establishment of terrestrial species in epiphytic communities.