Macroevolution in Deep Time
Published on 25. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 59 pages
978-1-4614-6475-4 (ISBN)
Description
The prerequisite to investigating the underlying causes behind mass extinction is a profound understanding of the evolutionary history of both living and dead species. It is especially important to appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct organisms; especially in organisms that were abundant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently dwindled or become extinct. Such studies should help to accurately evaluate patterns of evolution in extinct species lineages and help predict the same in its modern analogs. The book includes cutting edge research in evolutionary biology that should serve as a starting point for conservation.
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Series
Edition
2013 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Graduate
Illustrations
9 s/w Abbildungen, 9 farbige Abbildungen
XVI, 59 p. 18 illus., 9 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
131 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4614-6475-4 (9781461464754)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-6476-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Rituparna Bose | Alexander J. Bartholomew
Macroevolution in Deep Time
E-Book
01/2013
1st Edition
Springer
€53.49
Available for download
Persons
Dr. Rituparna Bose obtained her Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington. For her outstanding Ph.D. dissertation she was rewarded with a Springer Theses Prize. She is currently an adjunct Assistant Professor at the City University of New York and has been interviewed as an expert in the field of biodiversity by the Times of India (leading news daily in her home country). She has won numerous awards in her career including the nationally recognized Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant awarded by the American Museum of Natural History.
She has been recently invited to serve as an Editor for Acta Palaeontologica Sinica by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is the Associate Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Environmental Protection and the Associate Editor for the Journal of Geography and Geology at the Canadian Center of Science. She also serves on the editorial board of some of the most prestigious journals in geology including Historical Biology: An International Journal of Palaeobiology (Taylor and Francis), Bulletins of American Paleontology (Paleontological Research Institute, Cornell University), Springer Plus (Earth and Environmental Science) and Geological Journal (Wiley).
Content
Chapter 1. Advancement in evolutionary theories.- Chapter 2. Macroevolution in extinct species.- Chapter 3. Comparative trends in evolution across correlated geological strata.- Chapter 4. Evolution in modern and extinct species.