Foundations of Paleoecology - Classic Papers With Commentaries

Classic Papers with Commentaries. 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

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• Authors: S Kathleen Behrensmeyer Lyons
• Assisted by: Anna K. Behrensmeyer (Editor), Behrensmeyer Anna K. (Editor), S Kathleen Lyons (Editor), S. Kathleen Lyons (Editor), Peter J Wagner (Editor), S Kathleen Lyons (Editor), Peter J Wagner (Editor), Peter J. Wagner (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780226618173
• ISBN: 978-0-226-61817-3
• No. of pages: 800
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, History of Science, Palaeontology, Historical Geology, Historical geology and palaeogeology