Evolutionary Paleoecology

The Ecological Context of Macroevolutionary Change

Warren Allmon, David J. Bottjer (Herausgeber)

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320 Seiten

2001
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-10995-6 (ISBN)

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One of the most important questions we can ask about life is "Does ecology matter?" Most biologists and paleontologists are trained to answer "yes". This book examines the mechanisms by which ecology matters in the context of patterns that play out over millions of years and looks at how ancient environments affected evolution.

One of the most important questions we can ask about life is "Does ecology matter?" Most biologists and paleontologists are trained to answer "yes," but the exact mechanisms by which ecology matters in the context of patterns that play out over millions of years have never been entirely clear. This book examines these mechanisms and looks at how ancient environments affected evolution, focusing on long-term macroevolutionary changes as seen in the fossil record. Evolutionary paleoecology is not a new discipline. Beginning with Darwin, researchers have attempted to understand how the environment has affected evolutionary history. But as we learn more about these patterns, the search for a new synthetic view of the evolutionary process that integrates species evolution, ecology, and mass extinctions becomes ever more pressing. The present volume is a benchmark sampler of active research in this ever more active field.

Warren D. Allmon is director of the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York, and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. He is coeditor of Causes of Evolution: A Paleontological Perspective.David J. Bottjer is professor of earth sciences at the University of Southern California and the editor (with Richard K. Bambach) of two Columbia University Press book series: Critical Moments in Paleobiology and Earth History and Perspectives in Paleobiology and Earth History. He has also been editor of the journal Palaios and currently is one of the editors of the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

1. Evolutionary Paleoecology: The Maturation of a Discipline, by Warren D. Allmon and David J. Bottjer 2. Scaling Is Everything: Brief Comments on Evolutionary Paleoecology, by James W. Valentine 3. What's in a Name? Ecologic Entities and the Marine Paleoecologic Record, by William Miller III 4. The Ecological Architecture of Major Events in the Phanerozoic History of Marine Invertebrate Life, by David J. Bottjer, Mary L. Drosser, Peter M. Sheehan, and George R. McGhee Jr. 5. Stability in Ecological and Paleoecological Systems: Variability at Both Short and Long Timescales, by Carol M. Tang 6. Applying Molecular Phylogeography to Test Paleoecological Hypotheses: A Case Involving Amblema plicata (Mollusca: Unionidae), by Bruce S. Lieberman 7. Nutrients and Evolution in the Marine Realm, by Warren D. Allmon and Robert M. Ross 8. The Role of Ecological Interactions in the Evolution of Naticid Gastropods and Their Molluscan Prey, by Patricia H. Kelley and Thor A. Hansen 9. Evolutionary Paleoecology of Caribbean Coral Reefs, by Richard B. Aronson and William F. Precht 10. Rates and Processes of Terrestrial Nutrient Cycling in the Paleozoic: The World Before Beetles, Termites, and Flies, by Anne Raymond, Paul Cutlip, and Merrill Sweet 11. Ecological Sorting of Vasular Plant Classes During the Paleozoic Evolutionary Radiation, by William A. DiMichele, William E. Stein, and Richard M. Bateman

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.2.2001
Zusatzinfo	31 art pieces
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	0-231-10995-4 / 0231109954
ISBN-13	978-0-231-10995-6 / 9780231109956
Zustand	Neuware