Palaeontology

This book provides a major synthesis of evidence for past climate variability at the regional and continental scale across Europe and Africa.

An extensive, illustrated study of the ancient fish and marine reptiles who once lived in a tropical lagoon that is now a Swiss mountain.

A philosophical examination of the deep past, and how paleontologists, archaeologists and geologists tell its story.

PALEOECOLOGY PALEOECOLOGYPast, Present and Future Paleoecology is a discipline that uses evidence from fossils to provide an understanding of ancient environments and the ecological history of life through geological time.

The Boids are back in town .

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms, usually less than a millimeter in size, and their fossil records extend back in geological time some 500 million years.

The relentless exploitation and unsustainable use of wildlife, whether for food, medicine or other uses, is a key concern for conservationists worldwide.

This detailed exposition gives background and context to how modern biogeography has got to where it is now.

In this remarkable interdisciplinary study, anthropologist Brian Noble traces how dinosaurs and their natural worlds are articulated into being by the action of specimens and humans together.

The plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is a remarkable rodent of the Neotropic given several peculiar aspects of its biology, some of them quite unique among rodents or even among mammals.

This two-volume book provides a comprehensive, detailed understanding of paleoclimatology beginning by describing the "e;proxy data"e; from which quantitative climate parameters are reconstructed and finally by developing a comprehensive Earth system model able to simulate past climates of the Earth.

Caught on camera prior to their demise, this book reveals the surprisingly rich photographic record of now-extinct animals.

Based on modern clinical knowledge Palaeopathology is designed to help bone specialists with diagnosis of diseases in skeletal assemblages.

In the grand sweep of evolution, the origin of radically new kinds of organisms in the fossil record is the result of a relatively simple process: natural selection marching through the ages.

Few studies have addressed the predictions in the stratigraphic paleobiology of continental systems.

Originally published in 1915, The Natural Theology of Evolution looks at the concept of natural theology, examining the argument for the existence of God based on reason and ordinary experiences of nature.

This Element provides a hypothesis-driven look at testing models for diversification in Cambrian echinoderms.

This monograph describes early Ordovician (Ibexian: Tremadocian early Floian) trilobites from Northern Spitsbergen from the section through the Kirtonryggen Formation adjacent to Hinlopen Strait.

« Quatre-vingts ans de souvenirs, de rencontres, de voyages, d’initiatives, de résultats, de succès, de joies, de plein de petits plaisirs et de tout petits malheurs, de grands éblouissements.

Mass extinctions, the fossil record, and whether we can avoid a disastrous human-made mass extinction event.

Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon to influencing the evolution of life on Earth.

During the last few years, the number of contributions to the Paleontology of Mexico has increased considerably.

The term "e;carbon cycle"e; is normally thought to mean those processes that govern the present-day transfer of carbon between life, the atmosphere, and the oceans.

Reading the Soil Archives: Unraveling the Geoecological Code of Palaeosols and Sediment Cores, Volume 19, provides details of new techniques for understanding geological history in the form of quantitative pollen analyses, soil micromorphology, OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) dating, phytolith analysis and biomarker analysis.

This book focuses on the evolution of sedimentary basins of the Arabian Plate and its surroundings.

Outlines best practices in incorporating experiential learning for paleontology courses.

Taking a new global approach, this unique book provides an updated review of the geology of Iberia and its continental margins from a geodynamic perspective.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

A valuable guide to scoring crown and root traits in human dentitions for ancestry estimation and biodistance analysis.

Fossils provide a powerful tool for the study of the nearly 4-billion-year history of life, and its role in the evolution of Earth systems.

Showcases current advances in our understanding of the evolution of the mammalian order Carnivora.

Although the species is one of the fundamental units of biological classification, there is remarkably little consensus among biologists about what defines a species, even within distinct sub-disciplines.

Phylogenomics: A Primer, Second Edition is for advanced undergraduate and graduate biology students studying molecular biology, comparative biology, evolution, genomics, and biodiversity.

The word 'aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination.

'An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security' CHRIS PACKHAMWhy are so many animals facing extinction?

AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS IN FOSSIL BIOMINERALS An essential cross-disciplinary guide to the proteins that form biominerals and that are preserved in the fossil record Amino Acids and Proteins in Fossil Biominerals is an authoritative guide to the patterns of survival and degradation of ancient biomolecules in the fossil record.

Highlights the advantages of using the tripartite model within a Bayesian framework for estimation of time calibrated phylogenetic trees.

Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals familiar to us today were not present, whilst others, now extinct, were abundant.

Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades.

The evolutionary history of life includes two primary components: phylogeny and timescale.

The successful early adaptations of man involve a complex interplay of biological and cultural factors.

Echinoid taphonomy biases are analyzed and contextualized with new studies and fossil taxa to aid further evolutionary and ecological study.

Every day, in natural history museums all across the country, colonies of dermestid beetles diligently devour the decaying flesh off of animal skeletons that are destined for the museums specimen collection.

A selection of papers presented at the 13th International Conference of the International Bryozoology Association held in Concepci n Chile in January 2004 and hosted by the Universidad de Concepci n and Universidad Cat lica de la Sant ma Concepci n.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Flora und Biostratigraphie des Oberkarbons im Svoge-Becken (VR Bulgarien)" verfügbar.

Sea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world sea-bird species have been seen at one time or another.

The Study of Benthic Communities

The celebrated lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan Province, China, represents one of the most significant ever paleontological discoveries.

'A must read for all wildlife lovers' Dominic DyerFoxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland's predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination.