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Representing the state of the art in evolutionary paleobiology, this book provides a much-needed overview of this rapidly changing field. An influx of ideas and techniques both from other areas of biology and from within paleobiology itself have resulted in numerous recent advances, including increased recognition of the relationships between ecological and evolutionary theory, renewed vigor in the study of ecological communities over geologic timescales, increased understanding of biogeographical patterns, and new mathematical approaches to studying the form and structure of plants and animals. Contributors to this volume—a veritable who's who of eminent researchers—present the results of original research and new theoretical developments, and provide directions for future studies. Individually wide ranging, these papers all share a debt to the work of James W. Valentine, one of the founders of modern evolutionary paleobiology. This volume's unified approach to the study of life on earth will be a major contribution to paleobiology, evolution, and ecology.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments 1: James W. Valentine: An Appreciation Douglas H. Erwin, David Jablonski, Jere H. Lipps. 2: Molecular Paleogenetics: The Evolutionary History of Plasmodium and Related Protists Ananias A. Escalante, Francisco J. Ayala. 3: Hierarchies in Macroevolution Niles Eldredge 4: Models of Morphological Diversification Mike Foote 5: The Shifting Balance of Natural Communities? Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Ann F. Budd, John M. Pandolfi. 6: Do Communities Evolve? A Major Question in Evolutionary Paleoecology Richard K. Bambach, J. Bret Bennington. 7: Reading the Chronicle of Quaternary Temperate Rocky Shore Faunas David R. Lindberg, Jere H. Lipps. 8: On the Nonprevalence of Competitive Replacement in the Evolution of Tetrapods Michael J. Benton 9: Competition in Macroevolution: The Double Wedge Revisited J. John Sepkoski, Jr 10: Body Size and Macroevolution David Jablonski 11: Evolution of the Fossil Record: Thickness Trends in Marine Skeletal Accumulations and Their Implications Susan M. Kidwell, Patrick J. Brenchley. 12: Locomotion and Respiration in Aquatic Air-Breathing Vertebrates Richard Cowen 13: Marine Biological Diversity: Muricid Gastropods as a Case Study Geerat J. Vermeij 14: The Geography of Evolutionary Turnover: A Global Analysis of Extant Bivalves Karl W. Flessa, David Jablonski. 15: Understanding Biotic Recoveries: Extinction, Survival, and Preservation during the End-Permian Mass Extinction Douglas H. Erwin 16: Extinction Models David M. Raup 17: On Telling, Altering, and Enriching Stories: An Unpublished Darwin Letter from a Key Incident in His Later Life Stephen Jay Gould Appendix: Geological Time Scale List of Contributors Author Index Subject Index

About the Author :
Douglas H. Erwin and Scott L. Wing are both research curators in the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Palebiology.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780226389110
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press
  • Height: 23 mm
  • No of Pages: 492
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 15 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0226389111
  • Publisher Date: 15 Dec 1996
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 652 gr


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