The Terrestrialization Process: Modelling Complex Interactions at the Biosphere–Geosphere Interface
The invasion of the land by plants (‘terrestrialization’) was one of the most significant evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth, and correlates in time with periods of major palaeoenvironmental perturbations. The development of a vegetation cover on the previously barren land surfaces impacted on the global biogeochemical cycles and the geological processes of erosion and sediment transport. The terrestrialization of plants preceded the rise of major new groups of animals, such as insects and tetrapods, the latter numbering some 24 000 living species, including ourselves. Early land-plant evolution also correlates with the most spectacular decline of atmospheric CO2 concentration of Phanerozoic times and with the onset of a protracted period of glacial conditions on Earth. This book includes a selection of papers covering different aspects of the terrestrialization, from palaeobotany to vertebrate palaeontology and geochemistry, promoting a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of the co-evolution of life and its environments during Early to Mid-Palaeozoic times.
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The terrestrialization process: modelling complex interactions at the biosphere–geosphere interface—IntroductionAuthor(s)M. Vecoli;M. Vecoli1Université Lille 1, FRE 3298 CNRS Géosystèmes, Laboratoire de Paléontologie,Cité Scientifique,F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:B. Meyer-Berthaud;B. Meyer-Berthaud2UMR AMAP (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l'Architecture des Plantes),c/o CIRAD, TA-A51/PS2, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:G. ClémentG. Clément3Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Département Histoire de la Terre,UMR 5143 du CNRS, Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements,Case Postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Terrestrialization: the early emergence of the conceptAuthor(s)Philippe JanvierPhilippe JanvierMuséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 5143 du CNRS, CP 38, 47, rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05,France(e-mail: janvier@mnhn.fr)Search for other works by this author on:
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An organic geochemical perspective on terrestrializationAuthor(s)Gerard J. M. Versteegh;Gerard J. M. Versteegh1MARUM, Universität Bremen,Leobenerstraße, D-28359 Bremen,GermanySearch for other works by this author on:Armelle RiboulleauArmelle Riboulleau2Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Bât.SN5, UMR 8157 du CNRS Géosystèmes, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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The effects of terrestrialization on marine ecosystems: the fall of CO2Author(s)Paul K. Strother;Paul K. Strother1Palæobotany Laboratory, Weston Observatory of Boston College,Department of Geology and Geophysics, 381, Concord Road, Weston, Massachusetts 0493,USASearch for other works by this author on:Thomas Servais;Thomas Servais2Université Lille 1, FRE 3298 CNRS Géosystémes, Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Cite Scientifique,F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:Marco VecoliMarco Vecoli2Université Lille 1, FRE 3298 CNRS Géosystémes, Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Cite Scientifique,F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic considerations based on Ordovician to Lochkovian vegetationAuthor(s)Philippe Steemans;Philippe Steemans1NFSR Research Associate, Paléobotanique–Paléopalynologie–Micropaléontologie,University of Liège, Bât. B-18, Parking 40, 4000 Liège 1, BelgiumSearch for other works by this author on:Charles H. Wellman;Charles H. Wellman2Dept of Animal & Plant Sciences,University of Sheffield,Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN,UKSearch for other works by this author on:Philippe GerriennePhilippe Gerrienne1NFSR Research Associate, Paléobotanique–Paléopalynologie–Micropaléontologie,University of Liège, Bât. B-18, Parking 40, 4000 Liège 1, BelgiumSearch for other works by this author on:
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The land plant cover in the Devonian: a reassessment of the evolution of the tree habitAuthor(s)B. Meyer-Berthaud;B. Meyer-Berthaud1UM2, UMR AMAP (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l'Architecture des Plantes),c/o CIRAD, TA-A51/PS2, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5,France2CNRS,UMR AMAP,F-34398MontpellierSearch for other works by this author on:A. Soria;A. Soria1UM2, UMR AMAP (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l'Architecture des Plantes),c/o CIRAD, TA-A51/PS2, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:A.-L. DecombeixA.-L. Decombeix3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,University of Kansas,1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534,USSearch for other works by this author on:
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Early seed plant radiation: an ecological hypothesisAuthor(s)C. Prestianni;C. PrestianniUniversité de Liège, unité P.P.M.,Allée du 6 août, B18/P40, 4000 LiègeSearch for other works by this author on:P. GerrienneP. GerrienneUniversité de Liège, unité P.P.M.,Allée du 6 août, B18/P40, 4000 LiègeSearch for other works by this author on:
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First record of Rellimia Leclercq & Bonamo (Aneurophytales) from Gondwana, with comments on the earliest lignophytesAuthor(s)P. Gerrienne;P. Gerrienne1Paléobotanique,Université de Liège,B18, Sart Tilman, B-4000 LIEGE, BelgiumSearch for other works by this author on:B. Meyer-Berthaud;B. Meyer-Berthaud2Université Montpellier 2,UMR AMAP, Montpellier, F-34000FranceSearch for other works by this author on:H. Lardeux;H. Lardeux3Laboratoire de Géologie,IRFA-UCO, B.P. 808, F-49008 Angers cedex 1,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:S. RégnaultS. Régnault4Museum d'Histoire Naturelle,Rue Voltaire, 12, F-44000 Nantes,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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The sedimentary environment of the Late Devonian East Greenland tetrapodsAuthor(s)T. R. Astin;T. R. Astin1School of Human and Environmental Science, The University of Reading,Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH,UKSearch for other works by this author on:J. E. A. Marshall;J. E. A. Marshall2School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton,European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH,UKSearch for other works by this author on:H. Blom;H. Blom3Evolutionary Organismal Biology,Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36 Uppsala,SwedenSearch for other works by this author on:C. M. BerryC. M. Berry4School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University,Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE,WalesSearch for other works by this author on:
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Terrestrialization in the Late Devonian: a palaeoecological overview of the Red Hill site, Pennsylvania, USAAuthor(s)Walter L. Cressler, III;Walter L. Cressler, III1Francis Harvey Green Library, 25 West Rosedale Avenue,West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383,USASearch for other works by this author on:Edward B. Daeschler;Edward B. Daeschler2Vertebrate Paleontology,Academy of Natural Sciences,1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103,USASearch for other works by this author on:Rudy Slingerland;Rudy Slingerland3Department of Geosciences,The Pennsylvania State University,University Park, PA 16802,USASearch for other works by this author on:Daniel A. PetersonDaniel A. Peterson3Department of Geosciences,The Pennsylvania State University,University Park, PA 16802,USASearch for other works by this author on:
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The biostratigraphical distribution of earliest tetrapods (Late Devonian): a revised version with comments on biodiversificationAuthor(s)A. Blieck;A. Blieck1Université de Lille 1,Sciences de la Terre, FRE 3298 du CNRS, Géosystèmes, Equipe de Paléontologie et Paléogéographie du Paléozoïque (LP3), F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:G. Clément;G. Clément2Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN),Département Histoire de la Terre, UMR 7207 du CNRS, Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements, Case Postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:M. StreelM. Streel3Université de Liège,Département de Géologie, Unité de recherche Paléobotanique-Paléopalynologie-Micropaléontologie, Sart Tilman, B18, B-4000 Liège 1,BelgiumSearch for other works by this author on:
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Palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental influences revealed by long-bone palaeohistology: the example of the Permian branchiosaurid ApateonAuthor(s)Sophie Sanchez;Sophie Sanchez1UMR 5143 CNRS, Département Histoire de la Terre,Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,CP 38, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris,France2UMR 7179 CNRS, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité,Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,CP 55, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:J. Sébastien Steyer;J. Sébastien Steyer1UMR 5143 CNRS, Département Histoire de la Terre,Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,CP 38, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:Rainer R. Schoch;Rainer R. Schoch3Paläontologische Abteilung,Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde,Stuttgart,GermanySearch for other works by this author on:Armand De RicqlèsArmand De Ricqlès4UMR 7179 CNRS, Case 7077,Collège de France and Université Pierre et Marie Curie,Paris 6, 2 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Osmotic tolerance and habitat of early stegocephalians: indirect evidence from parsimony, taphonomy, palaeobiogeography, physiology and morphologyAuthor(s)M. Laurin;M. Laurin1CNRS, UMR 7179, Case 19,Université Paris 6,4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris,France2(Present address)UMR 7207,Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle,Département Histoire de la Terre, Bâtiment de Géologie, Case Postale 48, 43 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:R. Soler-GijónR. Soler-Gijón3Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin,Section Palaontology, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin,GermanySearch for other works by this author on: