With the progression of the terrestrial landscape from bare surfaces to widespread coverage by plants - ground vegetation ... it has co-evolved with the life forms it has hosted.

Raunkiaer (1934) classified plant life forms based on traits that varied with climate. One such system was based on the location of the perennating organ (Table 1). These are tissues that give ...

He called the organism Prototaxites, meaning “first conifer.” The name stuck, even though the fossil didn’t quite match any known trees. In fact, trees didn’t even exist during the Silurian period, ...

What does ecology have to do with me? Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections ...