InhaltsangabePART I - FOSSIL METASEQUOIA AND HISTORY Chapter 1 - The Evolution and Biogeographic History of Metasequoia Ben A. LePage, Hong Yang and Midori Matsumoto Chapter 2 - Paleoecology and History of Metasequoia in Japan, with Reference to its extinction and Survival in East Asia. Arata Momohara Chapter 3 - A High-Resolution Palynological Analysis, Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic Suzanna L. Richter and Ben A. LePage Chapter 4 - Metasequoia in the Oligocene Bridge Creek Flora of Western North America: Ecological Implications and The History of Research Herbert W. Meyer Chapter 5 - Gunther's Travels: The Odyssey of Metasequoia Seeds from the 1920s? Judy Barrett Litoff PART II - CUTICLE, ULTRASTRUCTURE AND BIOMOLECULES Chapter 6 - Cuticle Analysis of Living and Fossil Metasequoia Qin Leng Chapter 7 - Ultrastructural Preservation in Middle Eocene Metasequoia Leaf Tissues from the Buchanan Lake Formation Karimah Schoenhut Chapter 8 - Biomolecules from Living and Fossil Metasequoia: Biological and Geological Applications Hong Yang PART III - ECOLOGY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY Chapter 9 -Ecological Characteristics of Metasequoia glyptostroboides Christopher J. Williams Chapter 10 -Physiological Ecology of Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng David R. Vann Chapter 11 -Competitive Advantages of Metasequoia in Warm High Latitudes Richard Jagels and Maria A. Equiza PART IV - CULTIVARS AND HORTICULTURE Chapter 12 -Selecting and PropagatingNew Cultivars of Metasequoia John Kuser Chapter 13 - Cultivars of Metasequoia glyptostroboides Christophe Nugue Chapter 14 - A Conservation Plan for Metasequoia in China Gaytha A. Langlois