Includes contributions in "organismal biology, earth sciences, and anthropology ... Specific studies treat fossil and living plants and animals, especially vascular floras, arthropods, mollusks, echinoderms, brachiopods, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Subjects of major focus include systematics, evolutionary relationships, biogeography, ecology, faunal and floral composition, comparative morphology and karyology, paleontology, paleoecology, palynology, historical geology, biostratigraphy, ethnology, and archaeology." |