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Reinhard Agerer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and Gerhard Rambold, Universität Bayreuth, Germany: DEEMY. An expert information system with descriptions and images for the characterization and determination of ectomycorrhizae - structures formed by fungi and the roots of forest trees. Go to: Character listing, morphology, mycorrhizal system, morphology mycorrhizal system ramification presence-type.
Margaret E. Berry and James R. Staub, Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL: Root Traces and the Identification of Paleosols.
Paola Bonfante & Andrea Genre (2010): Mechanisms underlying beneficial plant - fungus interactions in mycorrhizal symbiosis. PDF file, Nature Communications.
! Mark C. Brundrett (2002): Coevolution of roots and mycorrhizas of land plants. PDF file, New Phytologist, 154: 275-304.
Mark Brundrett , CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products: The Mycorrhiza Site. Introduction to mycorrhizal associations, structure and development or roots and mycorrhizas. Chiefly information about Australian plants and fungi. See also: Books and cited references, and Text books on mycorrhizas.
Mark Brundrett , CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products: Roots. An introduction to the root structures which influence mycorrhizal fungi. Including root systems and root growth.
Frances M. Cardillo, Manhattan College: Plant System Tissues, Tissue Systems of the Root.
! Michael Clayton, Department of Botany,
University of Wisconsin, Madison:
Instructional Technology (BotIT).
Some image collections. Excellent! Go to:
Root
Michael Clayton, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison: The Virtual Foliage. Go to: Root Images.
! Harold G. Coffin, Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda, CA: THE YELLOWSTONE PETRIFIED "FORESTS". All about the petrified forests of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana.
John D. Curtis, Biology Department, University of Wisconsin; Nels R. Lersten, Department of Botany, Iowa State University, and Michael D. Nowak, Biology Department, University of Wisconsin: Photographic Atlas of Plant Anatomy. Go to: Root Systems.
William A. DiMichele et al. (2010): Cyclic changes in Pennsylvanian paleoclimate and effects on floristic dynamics in tropical Pangaea. PDF file, International Journal of Coal Geology, 83: 329-344.
J.E. Francis, Earth Sciences, University of Leeds: Fossil Trees in the Basal Purbeck Formation on Portland - The Great Dirt Bed Forest.
Pamela J.W. Gore, Department of Geology, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA: Historical Geology. Online laboratory manual. Go to: Fossil Preservation Laboratory.
David R. Greenwood, Zoology Dept., Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada: Mummified tree stumps on Axel Heiberg Island, Canada (PDF file).
Mari N. Jensen (findarticles): Modern climate has roots in Early Devonian. Science News, Feb 14, 1998.
Ross Koning, Biology Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT: Biology of Plants, Root Vocabulary, and Roots.
Anthony J. Martin, Geosciences Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA: Trace Fossil Images Page, Plant Trace Fossils. Modern and fossil root traces.
J.A. Raven and D. Edwards (2001): Roots: evolutionary origins and biogeochemical significance. PDF file, J. Exp. Bot., 52: 381-401.
! T. Van Loon (2009): Soft-sediment deformation structures in siliciclastic sediments: an overview. PDF file, Geologos, 15: 3-55. Go to PDF page 25: "5.3.1.1. Bioturbation by plants and phytoturbations".
B. Wang and Y.-L. Qiu (2006): Phylogenetic distribution and evolution of mycorrhizas in land plants. PDF file, Mycorrhiza, 16: 299-363.
Wayne´s Word Biology and Botany, Stem and Root Anatomy. Cellular structure of vascular plants.
David T. Webb, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu: Plant Anatomy Home Page. Lecture notes. Go to: Roots.
www.kieseltorf.de. Permineralized plant fossils from Germany (in German).
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R.W. Zobel and Y. Waisel (2010):
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plant root system architectural taxonomy: A framework for root
nomenclature. In PDF,
Plant Biosystems, 144: 507-512.
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