Bryophyte Biology

Preface; 1. Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta Barbara Crandall-Stotler, Raymond E. Stotler and David G. Long; 2. Morphology and classification of the Bryophyta Bernard Goffinet, William R. Buck and A. Jonathan Shaw; 3. New insights into morphology, anatomy and systematics of hornworts Karen S. Renzaglia, Juan Carlos Villarreal A. and R. Joel Duff; 4. Phylogenomics and early land plant evolution Brent D. Mishler and Dean G. Kelch; 5. Mosses as model organisms for developmental, cellular and molecular biology Andrew C. Cuming; 6. Physiological ecology Michael C. F. Proctor; 7. Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in bryophytes Mel J. Oliver; 8. Mineral nutrition and substratum ecology Jeff W. Bates; 9. The structure and function of bryophyte dominated peatlands Dale H. Vitt and R. Kelman Wieder; 10. Population and community ecology of bryophytes Hakan Rydin; 11. Bryophyte species and speciation A. Jonathan Shaw; 12. Conservation biology of bryophytes Alain Vanderpoorten and Tomas Hallingbäck.