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Paleopalynology
Second Edition
Inbunden, 2007
2188 kr
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Paleopalynology, second edition, provides profusely illustrated treatment of fossil palynomorphs, including spores, pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans, scolecodonts, and various microscopic fungal and algal dispersal bodies. The book serves both as a student text and general …
Heterochrony in Evolution
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Av L. McKinney Michael, Michael L. McKinney
Inbunden, 1988
2188 kr
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... an adult poet is simply an individual in a state of arrested development-in brief, a sort of moron. Just as all of us, in utero, pass through a stage in which we are tadpoles, ... so all of us pass through a state, in our nonage, when we are poets. A youth of seventeen who is not a poet is …
Galápagos Marine Invertebrates
Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin’s Islands
Inbunden, 1991
2188 kr
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Marine Invertebrate Evolution in the Galapagos Islands MATTHEW J. JAMES 1. Perspective of This Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Directions for Future Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Origin and Early Evolution of the Metazoa
Av Jere H. Lipps, Philip W. Signor
Inbunden, 1992
2188 kr
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Several years ago, we realized that the most prominent ideas that had been ex pressed about the origin and early evolution of the Metazoa seemed to have been developed chiefly by zoologists using evidence from modern species without reference to the fossil record. Paleontologists had, in fact, put …
Organic Geochemistry
Principles and Applications
Av Michael H. Engel, Stephen A. Macko
Inbunden, 1993
1643 kr
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As this is the first general textbook for the field published in over twenty years, the editors have taken great care to make sure coverage is comprehensive. Diagenesis of organic matter, kerogens, exploration for fossil fuels, and many other subjects are discussed in detail to provide faculty and …
Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America
Inbunden, 1994
1643 kr
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Nearly half of the known species of mammals alive today (more than 1600) are rodents or "gnawing mammals" (Nowak and Paradiso, 1983). The diversity of rodents is greater than that of any other order of mammals. Thus, it is not surprising that the fossil record of this order is extensive and fossil …
Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania
A Window into the Evolutionary History of East Africa
Inbunden, 1997
1643 kr
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Contributions to this volume detail paleontologic research in Manonga Valley, and shed important light on the evolutionary development of eastern Africa. Chapters provide novel insights into the taxonomy, paleobiology, ecology, and zoogeographic relationships of African faunas, as well as lay the …
Environmental Micropaleontology
The Application of Microfossils to Environmental Geology
Häftad, 2000
1643 kr
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Microfossils are ideally suited to environmental studies because their short generation times allow them to respond rapidly to environmental change. This book represents an assessment of the progress made in environmental micropalaeontology and sets out future research directions. The taxa studied …
Paleobiogeography
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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Biogeography relates the evolution of the Earth's biota to major episodes in the Earth's history such as climatic changes and plate tectonic events. Furthermore, biogeographic patterns have played a prominent role in the development of the theory of evolution. Thus biogeography has the potential to …
History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems
Av Jr. Stankey, George D., George D. Stanley Jr.
Inbunden, 2001
1643 kr
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From the Preface: The chapters of this book contain contributions from an international group of specialists. They address some important themes in both modern and ancient reef systems. Some chapters contain `snapshots' of reefs of particular intervals, while others touch on relevant themes of both …
Eocene Biodiversity
Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats
Av Gregg F. Gunnell, Gregg F. Gunnell
Inbunden, 2001
1643 kr
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Initially, this work was designed to document and study the diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued, there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story was being told. It became apparent …
Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form
An Analytical Approach
Av Jonathan M. Adrain, Jonathan M. Adrain m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1643 kr
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Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This book applies these tools to paleontological data. The fossil record is our one true chronicle of the history of life, …
Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record
Av Patricia H. Kelley, Michal Kowalewski m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1643 kr
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From the Foreword: "Predator-prey interactions are among the most significant of all organism-organism interactions....It will only be by compiling and evaluating data on predator-prey relations as they are recorded in the fossil record that we can hope to tease apart their role in the tangled web …
High-Resolution Approaches in Stratigraphic Paleontology
Av P.J. Harries
Inbunden, 2003
1643 kr
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This volume delves into a spectrum of theoretical as well as applied aspects of high-resolution stratigraphic approaches in paleontology. It explores how increasingly detailed knowledge of the fossil record can enhance our understanding of the evolution of life on Earth and also allows …
Geobiology and Ecology of Metasequoia
Av B. a. Lepage, International Metasequoia Symposium m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1643 kr
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The plant fossil record provides evidence that the genus Metasequoia was widely distributed and experienced a wide range of climatic and environmental conditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere from the early Late Cretaceous to the Plio-Pleistocene. Today the genus is limited to one species with …
Applied Stratigraphy
Av Eduardo A.M. Koutsoukos, Eduardo A.M. Koutsoukos
Inbunden, 2004
1643 kr
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Few, if any, fundamental disciplines in the earth sciences have seen so many dramatic changes and developments as stratigraphy. The discipline has come to be applied progressively, and indispensably, to nearly all branches of the earth sciences, including such endeavors as charting the course and …
Studies on Mexican Paleontology
Av Francisco J. Vega, Torrey G. Nyborg m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1643 kr
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During the last few years, the number of contributions to the Paleontology of Mexico has increased considerably. Paleontological work in Mexico has been focused on providing important information for petroleum exploration and specific studies dealing with pollen, foraminifera, radiolaria, …
Carbon in the Geobiosphere
- Earth's Outer Shell -
Av Fred T. Mackenzie, Abraham Lerman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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Carbon and carbon dioxide always played an important role in the geobiosphere that is part of the Earth’s outer shell and surface environment. The book’s eleven chapters cover the fundamentals of the biogeochemical behavior of carbon near the Earth’s surface, in the atmosphere, minerals, waters, …
First Floridians and Last Mastodons: The Page-Ladson Site in the Aucilla River
Av S. David Webb, S. David Webb
Inbunden, 2006
3279 kr
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Over the last 20 years the Aucilla River Prehistory Project has been one of the most f- cinating stories unfolding in Florida. This project, uncovering the remains of plants and animals from the end of the last Ice Age and the beginning of Florida’s human oc- pation, is answering questions …
Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology
Av Shuhai Xiao, Alan J. Kaufman
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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The Neoproterozoic Era (1000–542 million years ago) is a geological period of dramatic climatic change and important evolutionary innovations. Repeated glaciations of unusual magnitude occurred throughout this tumultuous interval, and various eukaryotic clades independently achieved …
Biogeography, Time and Place: Distributions, Barriers and Islands
Inbunden, 2007
1643 kr
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Biogeography considers the distribution of biological units over a wide range of scales. The units range from genotypes, populations and species to families and higher taxa. Processes can be local, such as the isolation on islands due to sea-level fluctuations, or large-scale tectonic processes …
Applied Stratigraphy
Häftad, 2007
1643 kr
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Few, if any, fundamental disciplines in the earth sciences have seen so many dramatic changes and developments as stratigraphy. The discipline has come to be applied progressively, and indispensably, to nearly all branches of the earth sciences, including such endeavors as charting the course and …
Paleopalynology
Second Edition
Häftad, 2007
2406 kr
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Paleopalynology, second edition, provides profusely illustrated treatment of fossil palynomorphs, including spores, pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans, scolecodonts, and various microscopic fungal and algal dispersal bodies. The book serves both as a student text and general …
Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene
Inbunden, 2008
1643 kr
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Science is supposedly ultimately constrained by the nature of the physical world, meaning that changes in scientific methods and practice are supposed to be away from those with less utility and toward those that are more revealing, useful, and productive of insights into the nature of that world. …
Early Life on Earth
A Practical Guide
Av David Wacey
Inbunden, 2009
1097 kr
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When did life first appear on Earth and what form did it take? The answer to this intriguing and fundamentally important question lies somewhere within the early Archean rock record. The young Earth was, however, a very different place to that we know today and numerous pitfalls await our …
Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania
A Window into the Evolutionary History of East Africa
Häftad, 2011
1692 kr
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Contributions to this volume detail paleontologic research in Manonga Valley, and shed important light on the evolutionary development of eastern Africa. Chapters provide novel insights into the taxonomy, paleobiology, ecology, and zoogeographic relationships of African faunas, as well as lay the …
Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record
Av Patricia H. Kelley, Michal Kowalewski m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1752 kr
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From the Foreword: "Predator-prey interactions are among the most significant of all organism-organism interactions....It will only be by compiling and evaluating data on predator-prey relations as they are recorded in the fossil record that we can hope to tease apart their role in the tangled web …
Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form
An Analytical Approach
Av Jonathan M. Adrain, Gregory D. Edgecombe m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1643 kr
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Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This book applies these tools to paleontological data. The fossil record is our one true chronicle of the history of life, …
History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems
Häftad, 2012
1643 kr
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From the Preface: The chapters of this book contain contributions from an international group of specialists. They address some important themes in both modern and ancient reef systems. Some chapters contain `snapshots' of reefs of particular intervals, while others touch on relevant themes of both …
Eocene Biodiversity
Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats
Häftad, 2012
1643 kr
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Initially, this work was designed to document and study the diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued, there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story was being told. It became apparent …
