Authors:Warren Allmon, David J. Bottjer,
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: paleoecology, evolutionary
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2000-10-15
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 0231109954
ISBN-13: 9780231109956

One of the most important questions we can ask about life is "Does ecology matter?" Most biologists and paleontologists are trained to answer "yes," but the exact mechanisms by which ecology matters in the context of patterns that play out over millions of years have never been entirely clear. This book examines these mechanisms and looks at how ancient environments affected evolution, focusing on long-term macroevolutionary changes as seen in the fossil record. Evolutionary paleoecology is not a new discipline. Beginning with Darwin, researchers have attempted to understand how the environm

Authors:James R. Dodd, Robert J. Stanto,
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: applications, concepts, paleoecology
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 1990-03-07
List price: $400.00
ISBN-10: 0471857114
ISBN-13: 9780471857112

Revised and updated, it reflects the recent developments and changing emphasis in the field of paleoecology. While the basic organization remains the same as the original edition, there are several major changes, including an extensive reorganization and shortening of Chapter 2, focusing now on environmental parameters rather than individual taxonomic groups; greater use of tables with references to pertinent literature; inclusion of a new chapter on taphonomy; elimination of the chapter on skeletons as sedimentary particles; removal of many of the recurring examples from the Neogene of the Ke

Authors:Deborah M. Pearsall, Dolores R. Piperno,
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Keywords: archaeology, paleoecology, applications, analysis, research, phytolith, current
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1931707022
ISBN-13: 9781931707022

Paleobotanical studies are assuming an increasingly important role in archaeology, providing information on prehistoric social structures, environments, and economic concerns. This volume presents the latest applications of phytolith analysis in archaeology and paleoecology. It demonstrates the versatility of the discipline.MASCA Vol. 10

Authors:Sankar Chatterjee, R. J. Templin,
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Keywords: geological, society, america, paper, special, locomotion, paleoecology, pterosaurs, posture
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2004-03
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0813723760
ISBN-13: 9780813723761

Author: J. Alan Holman
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: distribution, paleoecology, life, past, evolution, origin, snakes, north, america, fossil
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2000-05-22
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0253337216
ISBN-13: 9780253337214

The heart of the book consists of detailed systematic accounts of the known fossil snakes of North America and the localities where they occur. Extinct fossil taxa are discussed and illustrated and many are redescribed on the basis of new information. Illustrations of diagnostic vertebrae and criteria for the identification of presently living fossil snake taxa are given as well as the modern characteristics and ranges of these species.

Authors:Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Andrew P. Hill,
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: archeology, ecology, series, prehistoric, paleoecology, making, vertebrate, taphonomy, fossils
Number of Pages: 345
Published: 1988-02-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0226041530
ISBN-13: 9780226041537

One of the first interdisciplinary discussions of taphonomy (the study of how fossil assemblages are formed) and paleoecology (the reconstruction of ancient ecosystems), this volume helped establish these relatively new disciplines. It was originally published as part of the influential Prehistoric Archeology and Ecology series. "Taphonomy is plainly here to stay, and this book makes a first class introduction to its range and appeal."—Anthony Smith, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Authors:Anna K. Behrensmeyer, c, William A. DiMichele, Richar
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: terrestrial, plants, animals, paleoecology, evolutionary, ecosystems, time
Number of Pages: 588
Published: 1992-08-15
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0226041557
ISBN-13: 9780226041551

Breathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire ecological history of life on land—from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture. By providing myriad insights into the unique ecological information contained in the fossil record, it establishes a new and ambitious basis for the study of evolutionary paleoecology of land ecosystems. A joint undertaking of the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Consortium at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and twenty-six additional researchers,