Paleoecology: Concepts and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780471857112 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 528 str.

James W. Dodd; J. Robert Dodd; Robert J. Stanton

Opis

This text has been extensively revised to reflect new developments in a rapidly changing field. It reviews techniques for reconstruction of ancient environments, taking up the biological, chemical and physical principles of each technique.

Spis treści

Taxonomic Uniformitarianism.

Biogeochemistry.

Skeletal Structure.

Adaptive Functional Morphology.

Ichnology.

Taphonomy.

Populations in Paleoecology.

Ecosystems and Communities in Paleoecology.

Paleobiogeography: The Provincial Level.

Temporal Patterns.

References.

Index.