{"product_id":"biotic-response-to-global-change-the-last-145-million-years-paperback-9780521034197","title":"Biotic Response to Global Change; The Last 145 Million Years (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521034197","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBiotic Response to Global Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Last 145 Million Years\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvestigates the reaction of life to global environmental change, for researchers and graduate students.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen J. Culver (Edited by), Peter F. Rawson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521034197, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 December 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages, 121 b\/w illus.  14 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 18.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… contains much of relevance for anyone with an interest in the debate concerning global environmental change …' PRISCUM\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConcern about the effects of global change on our planet's future has driven much research into the last few thousand years of earth history. In contrast, this volume takes a much longer viewpoint to provide a historical perspective to recent and future global change. Over 40 international specialists investigate the reaction of life to global environmental changes, from Cretaceous times to the turn of the century. During this time earth's climate has changed from a very warm, 'greenhouse' phase with no significant ice sheets to today's 'ice-house' world. A wide spectrum of animal, plant and protistan life is discussed, encompassing terrestrial, shallow-marine and deep-marine realms. Each chapter considers a particular taxonomic group, looking first at the general picture and then focusing on more specialized aspects such as extinctions, diversity and biogeography. This volume will form an invaluable reference for researchers and graduate students in paleontology, geology, biology, oceanography and climatology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Stephen J. Culver and Peter F. Rawson\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Cretaceous world Andrew S. Gale\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Cenozoic world Kevin T. Pickering\u003cbr\u003e 4. Calcareous nannoplankton and global climate change Jackie A. Burnett, Jeremy R. Young and Paul R. Bown\u003cbr\u003e 5. Phenotypic response of foraminifera to episodes of global environmental change Norman Macleod, Nievez Ortiz, Nina Fefferman, William Clyde, Christine Schulter and Jena Maclean\u003cbr\u003e 6. The response of planktonic formanifera to the Late Pliocene intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation Mark R. Chapman\u003cbr\u003e 7. The response of Cretaceous cephalopods to global change Peter F. Rawson\u003cbr\u003e 8. Global change and the fossil fish record: the relevance of systematics Peter Forey\u003cbr\u003e 9. Response of shallow water foraminiferal paleocommunities to global and regional environmental change Stephen J. Culver and Martin A. Buzas\u003cbr\u003e 10. Intrinsic and extrinsic controls on the diversification of the Bivalvia J. Alistair Crame\u003cbr\u003e 11. Global events and biotic interaction as controls on the evolution of gastropods Noel Morris and John Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 12. Algal symbiosis, and the collapse and recovery of reef communities: Lazarus corals across the K-T boundary Brian R. Rosen\u003cbr\u003e 13. Changes in the diversity, taxic composition and life-history patterns of echinoids over the past 145 million years Andrew B. Smith and Charlotte H. Jeffery\u003cbr\u003e 14. Origin of the modern bryozoan fauna Paul D. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 15. Angiosperm diversification and Cretaceous environmental change Richard Lupia, Peter R. Crane and Scott Lidgard\u003cbr\u003e 16. Cenozoic evolution of modern plant communities and vegetation Margaret E. Collinson\u003cbr\u003e 17. Leaf physiognomy and climate change Robert A. Spicer\u003cbr\u003e 18. Biotic response to Late Quaternary global change - the pollen record: a case study from the Upper Thames Valley, England Adrian G. Parker\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Cretaceous and Cenozoic record of insects (Hexapoda) with regard to global change Andrew J. Ross, Ed A. Jarzembowski and Stephen J. Brooks\u003cbr\u003e 20. The palaeoclimatological significance of Late Cenozoic Coleoptera: familiar species in very unfamiliar circumstances G. Russell Coope\u003cbr\u003e 21. Amphibians, reptiles and birds: a biogeographical review Angela C. Milner, Andrew R. Milner and Susan E. Evans\u003cbr\u003e 22. Paleogene mammals: crises and ecological change Jeremy J. Hooker\u003cbr\u003e 23. Response of Old World terrestrial vertebrate biotas to Neogene climate change Peter J. Whybrow and Peter Andrews\u003cbr\u003e 24. Mammalian response to global change in the later Quaternary of the British Isles Andrew Currant\u003cbr\u003e 25. Human evolution: how an African primate became global Chris Stringer\u003cbr\u003e 26. The biotic response to global change: a summary Stephen J. Culver and Peter F. Rawson\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006229008664,"sku":"9780521034197","price":46.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521034197i_dfdcc249-4cd5-4f07-a391-74a07e0cf886.jpg?v=1694965102","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/biotic-response-to-global-change-the-last-145-million-years-paperback-9780521034197","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}