The Geobiology and Ecology of Metasequoia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: LePage, Ben A. (Editor), Williams, Christopher J. (Editor), Yang, Hong (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Topics in Geobiology ; 22
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Trees.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Tree Biology.

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...