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Paleoecology is a discipline that uses evidence from fossils to provide an understanding of ancient environments and the ecological history of life through geological time.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

1 Overview 1

2 Deep time and actualism in paleoecological reconstruction 10

3 Ecology, paleoecology, and evolutionary paleoecology 17

4 Taphonomy 33

5 Bioturbation and trace fossils 52

6 Microbial structures 64

7 Across the great divide: Precambrian to Phanerozoic paleoecology 76

8 Phanerozoic level-bottom marine environments 95

9 Reefs, shell beds, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents 114

10 Pelagic ecosystems 128

11 Terrestrial ecosystems 139

12 Ecological change through time 153

13 Ecological consequences of mass extinctions 175

14 Conservation paleoecology 203

Index 217

Color plate pages fall between pp. 1 and 42

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/04/2016
      ISBN13: 9781118455845, 978-1118455845
      ISBN10: 1118455843

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Paleoecology is a discipline that uses evidence from fossils to provide an understanding of ancient environments and the ecological history of life through geological time.

      Table of Contents

      Preface vii

      1 Overview 1

      2 Deep time and actualism in paleoecological reconstruction 10

      3 Ecology, paleoecology, and evolutionary paleoecology 17

      4 Taphonomy 33

      5 Bioturbation and trace fossils 52

      6 Microbial structures 64

      7 Across the great divide: Precambrian to Phanerozoic paleoecology 76

      8 Phanerozoic level-bottom marine environments 95

      9 Reefs, shell beds, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents 114

      10 Pelagic ecosystems 128

      11 Terrestrial ecosystems 139

      12 Ecological change through time 153

      13 Ecological consequences of mass extinctions 175

      14 Conservation paleoecology 203

      Index 217

      Color plate pages fall between pp. 1 and 42

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