From Cretaceous times to the present, the Earth's climate changed from a very warm, "greenhouse" phase with no ice sheets to the "ice-house" world of today. In this book over forty specialists investigate the many ways that life has reacted to the global environmental changes that have taken place during this period. Coverage details a wide spectrum of animal, plant, and protistan life, with the focus on aspects such as extinctions, diversity, and biogeography. This volume will be an invaluable reference for researchers and graduate students in paleontology, geology, biology, oceanography and climatology.
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"For those of you who are searching for key refernces to support your seminar course on environmental change, might I suggest that you look no further than this substantial volume? ...contains much of relevance for anyone with an interest in the debate concerning global environmental change..." PRISCUM
"It is the first well balanced book I have seen so far on the biotic response to global change...I strongly recommend that all libraries try to possess this excellent book..." Marine Geodesy
"The intended audience includes researchers in geology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, and climatology. Graduate students in these areas will appreciate the breadth of the 74 pages of references. This work will help students realize that rather dramatic climate change is certainly possible even today." Choice
"The volume is an excellent, relatively current summary of the state of the art of many fossil groups...This book is a contribution in the right direction..." Geoscience Canada
"These chapters are well written and clear...this volume is a useful overview of a wide variety of taxa, and contains a lot of useful information." Geological Magazine
"It is the first well balanced book I have seen so far on the biotic response to global change...I strongly recommend that all libraries try to possess this excellent book..." Marine Geodesy
"The intended audience includes researchers in geology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, and climatology. Graduate students in these areas will appreciate the breadth of the 74 pages of references. This work will help students realize that rather dramatic climate change is certainly possible even today." Choice
"The volume is an excellent, relatively current summary of the state of the art of many fossil groups...This book is a contribution in the right direction..." Geoscience Canada
"These chapters are well written and clear...this volume is a useful overview of a wide variety of taxa, and contains a lot of useful information." Geological Magazine
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In this book over 40 specialists investigate the reaction of life to global environmental changes that have taken place from Cretac eous times to the present day. During this time the earth's climate changed from a very warm, 'greenhouse' phase with no ice sheets to the 'ice-house' world of today. A wide spectrum of animal, plant and protistan life is discussed, with focus on aspects such as extinctions, diversity and biogeography. This book will form an invaluable reference for researchers and graduate students in paleontology, geology, biology, oceanography and climatology departments.
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The simple desire to understand the world we live in has driven scientists for more than two centuries to study the history of life through time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ephedroid pollen, global change events, microstructural groups, physiognomic space, intermediate palaeolatitudes, bryozoan fossil record, planktonic foraminiferal populations, shallow water benthic foraminifera, echinoid diversity, palaeobiogeographical patterns, planktonic foraminiferal faunas, climatic range method, benthic foraminiferal populations, algal symbiosis, climate vectors, palaeotemperature curves, benthic foraminiferal species, bivalve diversity, austral realm, chalk facies, leaf margin analysis, foraminiferal lineages, bryozoan faunas, bryozoan species, bryozoan evolution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, Late Pliocene, Late Eocene, Late Miocene, Mid Miocene, Early Eocene, Spartum Fen, Indian Ocean, British Isles, Sidlings Copse, Mid Eocene, Late Cenomanian, Late Triassic, Early Turonian, Eastover Formation, Daisy Banks Fen, Mid Pleistocene, New Zealand, Early Oligocene, Kap Kobenhavn, Southern Hemisphere, Nanjemoy Formation, Upper Jurassic, Mid Jurassic, North Sea New!
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The simple desire to understand the world we live in has driven scientists for more than two centuries to study the history of life through time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ephedroid pollen, global change events, microstructural groups, physiognomic space, intermediate palaeolatitudes, bryozoan fossil record, planktonic foraminiferal populations, shallow water benthic foraminifera, echinoid diversity, palaeobiogeographical patterns, planktonic foraminiferal faunas, climatic range method, benthic foraminiferal populations, algal symbiosis, climate vectors, palaeotemperature curves, benthic foraminiferal species, bivalve diversity, austral realm, chalk facies, leaf margin analysis, foraminiferal lineages, bryozoan faunas, bryozoan species, bryozoan evolution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, Late Pliocene, Late Eocene, Late Miocene, Mid Miocene, Early Eocene, Spartum Fen, Indian Ocean, British Isles, Sidlings Copse, Mid Eocene, Late Cenomanian, Late Triassic, Early Turonian, Eastover Formation, Daisy Banks Fen, Mid Pleistocene, New Zealand, Early Oligocene, Kap Kobenhavn, Southern Hemisphere, Nanjemoy Formation, Upper Jurassic, Mid Jurassic, North Sea New!
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- Fossil Record 2 (No. 2) by M.J. Benton on 9 pages
- Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia: With Emphasis on the Late Miocene Faunas, Geology, & Palaeoenvironments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, by Mr. Peter J. Whybrow on 7 pages
- Major Evolutionary Radiations (Systematics Association Special Volume) by P. D. Taylor on 4 pages
- The Origins of Angiosperms and their Biological Consequences by Else Marie Friis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Cretaceous Resources, Events and Rhythms: Background and Plans for Research (NATO Science Series C: (closed)) by R.N Ginsburg in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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