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E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten

Boucot / Poinar, Jr. / Poinar Fossil Behavior Compendium


E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten

ISBN: 978-1-4398-1059-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
 Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

In this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot’s seminal work, Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who provides additional expertise and knowledge on protozoans and bacteria as applied to disease. Together, they make the Fossil Behavior Compendium wider in scope, covering all relevant animal and plant groups and all epochs, and providing a detailed review of animal and plant fossil behavior in terrestrial and aquatic environments.

Fossil behavior encompasses not only past evidence of the life history of an organism but also behavioral, predation, and symbiotic interactions, including parasitism. This book compares patterns of behavior and coevolution in the past with those of the present-day descendants. It also discusses how to evaluate the rates of evolution of behavior and coevolution at various taxonomic levels. The compendium emphasizes the interactions between fossils and compares these interactions with present-day counterparts. It also provides new discussions on topics related to fossils in amber.

Keeping Boucot’s trademark, easy-to-read style, the book includes new findings never published previously, reports not easily accessed, numerous examples, 40 tables, 285 illustrations—some published here for the first time—and a four-page color insert. The book provides a concise account of the evidence for varied disease types recognized to date in the fossil record.
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Zielgruppe

Paleontologists, evolutionary scientists, systematic biologists, ethnologists, and ecologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boucot, Arthur J.
Poinar, Jr., George O.
Poinar, Jr.

Fachgebiete

Weitere Infos & Material

Functional Morphology
Specialized, Potentially Interacting Biological Substrates
Mutualism
Host–Parasite and Host–Parasitoid Relationships and Disease
Density and Spacing
Predation and Feeding Behaviors
Communication
Trace Fossils and Their Formers
Specialized Substrates
Sexual Behavior
Parental Care
Depth Behavior
Phoresy
Carrier Shells
Pollination Ecology
Social Insects
Long-Range Migration
Molting
Sensitive Plants
Reptilian and Mammalian Burrows and Dens
Vertebrate Endocranial Casts
Preening
Grain-Size Selectors
The Seagrass Community Complex
Shelter
Flying and Gliding Vertebrates
Possible Genetic–Developmental Defects
Teratologies
Disease
Marine Molluscan Larval Types and Their Behavior
Competition Involving Bryozoans
“Lost” Behaviors and Their Vestigial Evidence
Stunting
Oceanic vs. Neritic
Human Behavior
Summary and Conclusions
References

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