Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation
The fossil record contains unique long-term insights into how ecosystems form and function which cannot be determined simply by examining modern systems. It also provides a record of endangered species through time, which allow us to make conservation decisions based on thousands to millions of year...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
Colección: | Springer Earth System Sciences,
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Palaeontology and ecology - their common origins and later split
- Ecology needs a palaeontological perspective
- Reconciling Paleontological and Neontological Data: Issues of Scale, Taxonomy, and Taphonomy
- Building links between ecology and palaeontology with taphonomic studies of recent vertebrate communities
- Phylogeography and the fossil record.