Paleoecology: Concepts and Applications / Edition 2

by J. Robert Dodd, Robert J. Stanton

Overview

Revised and updated, it reflects the recent developments and changing emphasis in the field of paleoecology. While the basic organization remains the same as the original edition, there are several major changes, including an extensive reorganization and shortening of Chapter 2, focusing now on environmental parameters rather than individual taxonomic groups; greater use of tables with references to pertinent literature; inclusion of a new chapter on taphonomy; elimination of the chapter on skeletons as sedimentary particles; removal of many of the recurring examples from the Neogene of the Kettlemen Hills; and inclusion of new references on all topics. Older references have been kept and will serve to blend the historical and important milestones in the development of paleoecology with the most current research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471857112
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/16/1991
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.53(h) x 1.42(d)

About the Author

J. Robert Dodd and Robert J. Stanton are the authors of Paleoecology: Concepts and Applications, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Taxonomic Uniformitarianism.

Biogeochemistry.

Skeletal Structure.

Adaptive Functional Morphology.

Ichnology.

Taphonomy.

Populations in Paleoecology.

Ecosystems and Communities in Paleoecology.

Paleobiogeography: The Provincial Level.

Temporal Patterns.

References.

Index.