Community Paleoecology as a Geologic Tool
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Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : 081372211X
Author :
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : 081372211X
Author : Yu Wang (Geologist)
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,61 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Animal communities
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Author : James E. Fassett
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 1934
Category : Animal communities
ISBN : 9780813722092
Author : Yu Wang
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813722115
Author : S. Kathleen Lyons
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 022661834X
Approximately 99% of all life that has ever existed is extinct. Fortunately, these long dead species have left traces of their lives and interactions with other species in the rock record that paleoecologists use to understand how species and ecosystems have changed over time. This record of past life allows us to study the dynamic nature of the Earth and gives context to current and future ecological challenges. This book brings together forty-four classic papers published between 1924 and 1999 that trace the origins and development of paleoecology. The articles cross taxonomic groups, habitat types, geographic areas, and time and have made substantial contributions to our knowledge of the evolution of life. Encompassing the full breadth of paleoecology, the book is divided into six parts: community and ecosystem dynamics, community reconstruction, diversity dynamics, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, species interaction, and taphonomy. Each paper is also introduced by a contemporary expert who gives context and explains its importance to ongoing paleoecological research. A comprehensive introduction to the field, Foundations of Paleoecology will be an essential reference for new students and established paleoecologists alike.
Author : Darin A. Croft
Publisher : Springer
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 2018-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319942654
This volume focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystems and provides a comprehensive review of current techniques and their application in exemplar studies. The 18 chapters address a wide variety of topics that span vertebrate paleobiology and paleoecology (body mass, postcranial functional morphology, evolutionary dental morphology, microwear and mesowear, ecomorphology, mammal community structure analysis), contextual paleoenvironmental studies (paleosols and sedimentology, ichnofossils, pollen, phytoliths, plant macrofossils), and special techniques (bone microstructure, biomineral isotopes, inorganic isotopes, 3-D morphometrics, and ecometric modeling). A final chapter discusses how to integrate results of these studies with taphonomic data in order to more accurately characterize an ancient ecosystem. Current investigators, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students interested in the field of paleoecology will find this book immensely useful. The length and structure of the volume also makes it suitable for teaching a college-level course on reconstructing Cenozoic ecosystems.
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Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Paleoecology - China
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Author : John Imbrie
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Paleoecology
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Author : Paul Copper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1351463098
This collection of conference papers presents information on the molecular genetics, biomineralization, growth and ecology of extant brachiopod stocks (extrapolated back to the Cambrian), and the shell microstructure, taphonomy, paleogeography, evolution, and taxonomy of fossil brachiopods.
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Publisher :
Page : 2154 pages
File Size : 15,97 MB
Release : 1989
Category : American literature
ISBN :
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