Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation

By Julien Louys

Book Overview

Palaeontology and ecology - their common origins and later split.- Ecology needs a palaeontological perspective.- Reconciling Paleontological and Neontological Data: Issues of Scale, Taxonomy, and Taphonomy.- Building links between ecology and palaeontology with taphonomic studies of recent vertebrate communities.- Phylogeography and the fossil record.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642250378
• ISBN13: 9783642250378
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"