title: Life's a beach - the colonization of the terrestrial environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew R G
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Plackett
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
authors.forename: Juliet C
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2381-0298
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005580:Fossils; D010163:Paleontology; D010944:Plants
keywords: Paleozoic Era; colonization; development; evolution; geochemistry; paleontology; plants; symposium