Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns

Author : J. Valentine
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400855056

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Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns by J. Valentine Pdf

Here twenty-one leading paleontologists use important refinements in fossil diversity data to provide critical evaluations of older hypotheses of diversification and extinction processes and to propose fresh interpretations. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : James W. Valentine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608076554

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Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns by James W. Valentine Pdf

Author : James W. Valentine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Science
ISBN : OCLC:256233514

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Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns by James W. Valentine Pdf

Here twenty-one leading paleontologists use important refinements in fossil diversity data to provide critical evaluations of older hypotheses of diversification and extinction processes and to propose fresh interpretations. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Robert C. Szaro,David W. Johnston
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0195079582

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Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes by Robert C. Szaro,David W. Johnston Pdf

The conservation of biodiversity has profound implications for managing natural resources with the need for scientific information as a foundation for management decisions increasing dramatically. The_ intent of this book is to look beyond the theory of biodiversity to_ the principles, practices, and policies needed for its conservation. Its objectives are to provide the scientific basis for understanding biodiversity, document case examples of theory and concepts applied at differing scales, and examine policies that affect its conservation.

Author : Winfried Henke,Ian Tattersall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 2057 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540324744

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Handbook of Paleoanthropology by Winfried Henke,Ian Tattersall Pdf

This 3-volume handbook brings together contributions by the world ́s leading specialists that reflect the broad spectrum of modern palaeoanthropology, thus presenting an indispensable resource for professionals and students alike. Vol. 1 reviews principles, methods, and approaches, recounting recent advances and state-of-the-art knowledge in phylogenetic analysis, palaeoecology and evolutionary theory and philosophy. Vol. 2 examines primate origins, evolution, behaviour, and adaptive variety, emphasizing integration of fossil data with contemporary knowledge of the behaviour and ecology of living primates in natural environments. Vol. 3 deals with fossil and molecular evidence for the evolution of Homo sapiens and its fossil relatives.

Author : Paul D. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139457972

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Extinctions in the History of Life by Paul D. Taylor Pdf

Extinction is the ultimate fate of all biological species - over 99 percent of the species that have ever inhabited the Earth are now extinct. The long fossil record of life provides scientists with crucial information about when species became extinct, which species were most vulnerable to extinction, and what processes may have brought about extinctions in the geological past. Key aspects of extinctions in the history of life are here reviewed by six leading palaeontologists, providing a source text for geology and biology undergraduates as well as more advanced scholars. Topical issues such as the causes of mass extinctions and how animal and plant life has recovered from these cataclysmic events that have shaped biological evolution are dealt with. This helps us to view the biodiversity crisis in a broader context, and shows how large-scale extinctions have had profound and long-lasting effects on the Earth's biosphere.

Author : Geological Society of London
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862391068

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Palaeobiogeography and Biodiversity Change by Geological Society of London Pdf

Author : J. William Schopf,Cornelis Klein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521366151

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The Proterozoic Biosphere by J. William Schopf,Cornelis Klein Pdf

First published in 1992, The Proterozoic Biosphere was the first major study of the paleobiology of the Proterozoic Earth.

Author : Niles Eldredge
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0231075286

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Systematics, Ecology, and the Biodiversity Crisis by Niles Eldredge Pdf

This book explores the biological underpinnings of social systems from invertebrates to mammals, particularly humans. These social systems, the authors argue, represent fusions between the economic and reproductive interests of organisms. Their theory reinstates the importance of economics in social organizations of all types, moving away from the more prominent emphasis on reproductive biology at the core of sociobiology.

Author : D.M. Raup,D. Jablonski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783642708312

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Patterns and Processes in the History of Life by D.M. Raup,D. Jablonski Pdf

Hypothesis testing is not a straightforward matter in the fossil record and here, too interactions with biology can be extremely profitable. Quite simply, predictions regarding long-term consequences of processes observed in liv ing organisms can be tested directly using paleontological data if those liv ing organisms have an adequate fossil record, thus avoiding the pitfalls of extrapolative approaches. We hope to see a burgeoning of this interactive effort in the coming years. Framing and testing of hypotheses in paleon tological subjects inevitably raises the problem of inferring process from pattern, and the consideration and elimination of a broad range of rival hy is an essential procedure here. In a historical science such as potheses paleontology, the problem often arises that the events that are of most in terest are unique in the history of life. For example, replication of the metazoan radiation at the beginning of the Cambrian is not feasible. How ever, decomposition of such problems into component hypotheses may at least in part alleviate this difficulty. For example, hypotheses built upon the role of species packing might be tested by comparing evolutionary dy namics (both morphological and taxonomic) during another global diversi fication, such as the biotic rebound from the end-Permian extinction, which removed perhaps 95% of the marine species (see Valentine, this volume). The subject of extinction, and mass extinction in particular, has become important in both paleobiology and biology.

Author : Robert M. Ross,Warren D. Allmon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1990-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226728247

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Causes of Evolution by Robert M. Ross,Warren D. Allmon Pdf

By studying evolution across geological time, paleontologists gain a perspective that sometimes complements and sometimes conflicts with views based solely on studies of extant species. The contributors to Causes of Evolution consider whether factors exerting major influences on evolution are biotic or abiotic, intrinsic or extrinsic. Causes of Evolution presents a broad sampling of paleontological research programs encompassing vertebrates, invertebrates, and vascular plants; empirical work and theoretical models; organisms ranging in age from Cambrian to Recent; and temporal scales from ecological time to hundreds of millions of years. The diverse array of research styles and opinions presented will acquaint scientists in related fields with the strengths and weaknesses of paleontology as an approach to evolutionary studies and will give evolutionary biologists of every stripe new bases for evaluating the scope and bias of their own work.

Author : Otto H. Walliser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642796340

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Global Events and Event Stratigraphy in the Phanerozoic by Otto H. Walliser Pdf

The existence of rapid and even catastrophic turnovers within the Phanerozoic ecosystems has been discussed controversially for more than 170 years. Since 1980 this discussion has become even more intensive after the hypothesis of Alvarez, explaining the end-Cretaceous mass extinction as the result of a huge asteroid impact on the Earth. This theory stimulated several thousand papers and is still controversial. The international research programme on "Global Biological Events in Earth History" attempts to bring the discussion back to the facts by using multidisciplinary investigations of the major Phanerozoic events. The results of an international group of experts are presented giving a wealth of information and a thorough discussion of the causes of the various global events.

Author : John A. Talent
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048134281

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Earth and Life by John A. Talent Pdf

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.

Author : David Sepkoski,Michael Ruse
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226275710

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The Paleobiological Revolution by David Sepkoski,Michael Ruse Pdf

The Paleobiological Revolution chronicles the incredible ascendance of the once-maligned science of paleontology to the vanguard of a field. With the establishment of the modern synthesis in the 1940s and the pioneering work of George Gaylord Simpson, Ernst Mayr, and Theodosius Dobzhansky, as well as the subsequent efforts of Stephen Jay Gould, David Raup, and James Valentine, paleontology became embedded in biology and emerged as paleobiology, a first-rate discipline central to evolutionary studies. Pairing contributions from some of the leading actors of the transformation with overviews from historians and philosophers of science, the essays here capture the excitement of the seismic changes in the discipline. In so doing, David Sepkoski and Michael Ruse harness the energy of the past to call for further study of the conceptual development of modern paleobiology.

Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309127431

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In the Light of Evolution by National Academy of Sciences Pdf

The current extinction crisis is of human making, and any favorable resolution of that biodiversity crisis-among the most dire in the 4-billion-year history of Earth-will have to be initiated by mankind. Little time remains for the public, corporations, and governments to awaken to the magnitude of what is at stake. This book aims to assist that critical educational mission, synthesizing recent scientific information and ideas about threats to biodiversity in the past, present, and projected future. This is the second volume from the In the Light of Evolution series, based on a series of Arthur M. Sackler colloquia, and designed to promote the evolutionary sciences. Each installment explores evolutionary perspectives on a particular biological topic that is scientifically intriguing but also has special relevance to contemporary societal issues or challenges. Individually and collectively, the ILE series aims to interpret phenomena in various areas of biology through the lens of evolution, address some of the most intellectually engaging as well as pragmatically important societal issues of our times, and foster a greater appreciation of evolutionary biology as a consolidating foundation for the life sciences.