The Evolution of Entomophily and Diaspore Dispersal in Seed Plants, the Reproductive Biology of Basal Angiosperms, and the Development of Beetle Pollination in Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

The book provides up-to-date information of evolution of land plant reproductive biology (pollination modes, seed dispersal and breeding systems) during the last 400 million years. What were the characteristics of the hypothetical survivors of early angiosperms? These questions are an active area of research and debate today. The third part of the book considers the importance of beetles in pollination, in certain gymnosperms, and in basal and certain advanced angiosperms. The facts and discussions presented in this book, based on the author´s broad experience and critical review of the pertinent literature, makes this tome an indispensable tool for biologists interested in the evolution of plant reproductive biology.

The facts and discussions presented in this book, based on the author´s broad experience and critical review of the pertinent literature, makes this tome an indispensable tool for biologists interested in the evolution of plant reproductive biology.

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Ilse Silberbauer-Gottsberger was born 11 June 1940 in Graz, Austria. She studied biology, mineralogy, geology, pedagogy, psychology and physical education at the University of Graz (1958-1963) and earned a teacher's diploma (Master of Science). Her Ph.D. thesis (defended in 1965) dealt with vertebrate cerebellum neurotransmitters. From 1965 to 1967, she taught biology at a secondary school in Leibnitz, Styria, and from 1967 to 1969, biology, physics and chemistry at the Colégio Humboldt in São Paulo. From the end of 1969 to 1981, she was a professor of Systematic Botany in the Department of Botany at the University of Botucatu (UNESP), and from 1981 to 1983, professor in the Biology Department at the Federal University of Maranhão in São Luís. Moving to Germany in 1983, she became an Associate Scientist at the Institute of Botany and Plant Physiology at the University of Giessen. Since 1993, she has been working as a researcher and staff member in the Department of Systematic Botany and Ecology at the University of Ulm and as a curator in the herbarium (ULM). Her research interests center on phytosociology and phytogeography of tropical vegetation, and reproductive biology (including pollination and seed dispersal).