Palaeobiology 2. / edited by Derek E. G. Briggs, P. R. Crowther
| Palaeobiology 2. / edited by Derek E. G. Briggs, P. R. Crowther |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Osney Mead, Oxford ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | XV, 583 p. : ill., ; 29 cm |
| Disciplina | 560 |
| ISBN |
0632051477
0632051493 9780632051472 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Palaeobiology two
Palaeobiology II |
| Record Nr. | UNISANNIO-PUV0860629 |
| Osney Mead, Oxford ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Sannio | ||
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Palaeobiology II / / edited by Derek E.G. Briggs, P.R. Crowther
| Palaeobiology II / / edited by Derek E.G. Briggs, P.R. Crowther |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (601 p.) |
| Disciplina | 560 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BriggsD. E. G
CrowtherPeter R |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleobiology
Paleontology |
| ISBN |
9786611312718
9780470708293 0470708298 9781281312716 1281312711 9780470999295 0470999292 9780470999288 0470999284 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PALAEOBIOLOGY II; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 Major Events in the History of Life; 1.1 Early Life; 1.1.1 Origin of Life; 1.1.2 Exploring for a Fossil Record of Extraterrestrial Life; 1.1.3 Life in the Archaean; 1.1.4 Late Proterozoic Biogeochemical Cycles; 1.2 The Cambrian Radiation; 1.2.1 Metazoan Origins and Early Evolution; 1.2.2 Significance of Early Shells; 1.2.3 Cambrian Food Webs; 1.2.4 The Origin of Vertebrates; 1.3 Palaeozoic Events; 1.3.1 Ordovician Radiation; 1.3.2 Rise of Fishes; 1.3.3 Evolution of Reefs; 1.3.4 Early Land Plants
2 The Evolutionary Process and the Fossil Record2.1 Species Evolution; 2.1.1 Speciation and Morphological Change; 2.1.2 Evolutionary Stasis vs. Change; 2.1.3 Rapid Speciation in Species Flocks; 2.2 Evolution of Form; 2.2.1 Developmental Genes and the Evolution of Morphology; 2.2.2 Constraints on the Evolution of Form; 2.2.3 Occupation of Morphospace; 2.3 Macroevolution; 2.3.1 Origin of Evolutionary Novelties; 2.3.2 Controls on Rates of Evolution; 2.3.3 Competition in Evolution; 2.3.4 Biotic Interchange; 2.3.5 Importance of Heterochrony; 2.3.6 Hierarchies in Evolution 2.3.7 Phylogenetic Tree Shape2.3.8 Contingency; 2.3.9 Selectivity during Extinctions; 2.3.10 Biotic Recovery from Mass Extinctions; 2.3.11 Evolutionary Trends; 2.4 Patterns of Diversity; 2.4.1 Biodiversity through Time; 2.4.2 Late Ordovician Extinction; 2.4.3 Late Devonian Extinction; 2.4.4 End-Permian Extinction; 2.4.5 Impact of K...T Boundary Events on Marine Life; 2.4.6 Impact of K...T Boundary Events on Terrestrial Life; 2.4.7 Pleistocene Extinctions; 3 Taphonomy; 3.1 Fossilized Materials; 3.1.1 DNA; 3.1.2 Proteins; 3.1.3 Lipids; 3.1.4 Bacteria 3.3.9 Archaeological Remains |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Palaeobiology two
Palaeobiology 2 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911019126003321 |
| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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