Palaeobiogeography And Biodiversity Change
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Palaeobiogeography and Biodiversity Change
Author | : Geological Society of London |
Publsiher | : Geological Society of London |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1862391068 |
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Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography Biodiversity in Space and Time
Author | : Paul Upchurch,Alistair J. McGowan,Claire S.C. Slater |
Publsiher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2011-10-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781420045529 |
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Biogeography represents one of the most complex and challenging aspects of macroevolutionary research, requiring input from both the earth and life sciences. Palaeogeographic reconstruction is frequently carried out by researchers with backgrounds in geology and palaeontology, who are less likely to be familiar with the latest biogeographic techniq
Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records
Author | : Alistair McGowan,Andrew B. Smith |
Publsiher | : Geological Society of London |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
ISBN | : 1862393362 |
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The past decade has witnessed a major revival in attempts to separate biodiversity signals from biases imposed by sampling and the architecture of the rock record. How large a problem this poses to our understanding of biodiversity patterns remains debatable, and new approaches are being developed to investigate this question. Here palaeobiologists with widely differing approaches and interests explore the problems of extracting reliable information on biodiversity change from an imperfect geological record. Topics covered range from the application of information-theoretic approaches that identify directional causal relationships to an in-depth study of how geological biases could influence our understanding of dinosaur evolution.
Earth and Life
Author | : John A. Talent |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 1104 |
Release | : 2012-06-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789048134281 |
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This volume focuses on the broad pattern of increasing biodiversity through time, and recurrent events of minor and major ecosphere reorganization. Intense scrutiny is devoted to the pattern of physical (including isotopic), sedimentary and biotic circumstances through the time intervals during which life crises occurred. These events affected terrestrial, lacustrine and estuarine ecosystems, locally and globally, but have affected continental shelf ecosystems and even deep ocean ecosystems. The pattern of these events is the backdrop against which modelling the pattern of future environmental change needs to be evaluated.
Paleobiogeography
Author | : Bruce S. Lieberman |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781461541615 |
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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 make important contributions to the field of geobiology. Paleobiogeography emphasizes how analytical techniques from phylogenetic biogeography can be applied to the study of patterns in the fossil record. In doing this, it considers the strengths and weaknesses of paleobiogeographic data, the effects of plate tectonic processes (specifically continental rifting and collision) and changes in relative sea levels in terms of how they influence the evolution and distribution of organisms.
Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment
Author | : Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2001-08-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0387952497 |
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Climatic change, conservation biology
Biodiversity of the Southern Ocean
Author | : Bruno David,Thomas Saucède |
Publsiher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2015-10-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780081004852 |
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The Southern Ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is vast, in particular, its history, its isolation, and climate, making it a unique "laboratory case" for experimental evolution, adaptation and ecology. Its evolutionary history of adaptation provide a wealth of information on the functioning of the biosphere and its potential. The Southern Ocean is the result of a history of nearly 40 million years marked by the opening of the Straits south of Australia and South America and intense cooling. The violence of its weather, its very low temperatures, the formation of huge ice-covered areas, as its isolation makes the Southern Ocean a world apart. This book discusses the consequences for the evolution, ecology and biodiversity of the region, including endemism, slowed metabolism, longevity, gigantism, and its larval stages; features which make this vast ocean a "natural laboratory" for exploring the ecological adaptive processes, scalable to work in extreme environmental conditions. Today, biodiversity of the Southern Ocean is facing global change, particularly in regional warming and acidification of water bodies. Unable to migrate further south, how will she cope, if any, to visitors from the North? Designed for curious readers to discover the immense ocean surrounding the most isolated and most inhospitable continent on the planet. Describes the Southern Ocean facing biodiversification due to global change Authored by scientists with experience of expeditions to the Southern Ocean
Palaeobiogeography of Marine Fossil Invertebrates
Author | : Fabrizio Cecca |
Publsiher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2014-04-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781482265194 |
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Sitting squarely at the interface between earth and life sciences, palaeobiogeographic information is scattered throughout many publications. Until now. Palaeobiogeography of Marine Fossil Invertebrates covers important theoretical concepts relating to palaeobiogeography together with descriptions of analytical methods. Fabrizio Cecca discu