Paleoecology
Concepts and Applications

J. Robert Dodd (Author), Robert J. Stanton (Author)

9780471857112, Wiley

Hardback, published 29 April 1990

528 pages
24.2 x 16 x 3.6 cm, 0.989 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]