The Terrestrialization Process: Modelling Complex Interactions at the Biosphere–Geosphere Interface
The Terrestrialization Process: Modelling Complex Interactions at the Biosphere–Geosphere Interface
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10.1144/sp339
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2009-12
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M. Vecoli;G. Clement;B. Meyer-Berthaud
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M. Vecoli;G. Clement;B. Meyer-Berthaud
植物对陆地的入侵（“陆地化”）是地球生命史上最重要的进化事件之一，与主要的古环境扰动时期有时间上的关联。在以前贫瘠的土地表面上植被的发展影响了全球地球化学循环以及侵蚀和沉积物搬运的地质过程。植物的陆地化先于昆虫和四足动物等主要新动物群的出现，后者的数量约为24000种，包括我们自己。早期陆地植物的进化也与中生代大气中二氧化碳浓度最惊人的下降和地球上漫长的冰川条件的开始有关。这本书包括一系列论文，涵盖了陆地化的不同方面，从古植物学到脊椎动物古生物学和地球化学，促进了对早古生代至中古生代生命及其环境共同进化的理解。
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.