Events of Increased Biodiversity

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78548-029-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 375 g

The fossil record offers a surprising image: that of evolutionary radiations characterized by intense increases in cash or by the sudden diversification of a single species group, while others stagnate or die out. In a modern world, science carries an often pessimistic message, surrounded by studies of global warming and its effects, extinction crisis, emerging diseases and invasive species. This book fuels frequent "optimism" of the sudden increase in biodiversity by exploring this natural phenomenon.Events of Increased Biodiversity: Evolutionary Radiations in the Fossil Record explores this natural phenomenon of adaptive radiation including its effect on the increase in biodiversity events, their contribution to the changes and limitations in the fossil record, and examines the links between ecology and paleontology's study of radiation.

Zielgruppe

Researchers, students and academics in the areas of paleontology, ecology and evolutionary biology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neige, Pascal

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Singular Work of Theater2. The Fossil Record3. The Phenomenon of Evolutionary Radiation4. Examples of Evolutionary Radiations