The plant fossil record provides evidence that the genus
Metasequoia was widely distributed and experienced a wide range of
climatic and environmental conditions throughout the Northern
Hemisphere from the early Late Cretaceous to the Plio-Pleistocene.
Today the genus is limited to one species with approximately 5,000
mature individuals growing in the Xiahoe Valley in southeastern
China. This book is a distillation of the collective efforts and
results of the worlda (TM)s Metasequoia specialists and
enthusiasts. It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference
source for the genus and the authors have sought to incorporate
obscure, hard-to-get and non-English reference sources. The book
reviews what is known about the biology, ecology and physiology of
fossil and living Metasequoia, current research directions and
problems that remain unresolved.
This book presents a definitive overview of fossil and living
Metasequoia and was written by sixteen of the worlda (TM)s experts
on this important genus. Given the reality of increasing human
pressure and the inevitability of global change, efforts to
conserve this ancient genus are underway. This book will be of
interest to botanists, geologists, paleobotanists, biogeographers,
foresters, ecologists, paleoecologists, ecophysiologists,
geochemists, climate modelers, geneticists, naturalists, science
historians, and gardeners and will be useful as a supplemental text
for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses in
paleoecology.
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