Modeling Extinction

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-515946-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 190 g

Reihe: Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity

In the last decade or so, scientists have started to examine a new approach to the patterns of evolution and extinction in the fossil record. Developed after a meeting at the Santa Fe Institute on extinction modelling, this book comments critically on the various modelling approaches.

Developed after a meeting at the Santa Fe Institute on extinction modeling, this book comments critically on the various modeling approaches. In the last decade or so, scientists have started to examine a new approach to the patterns of evolution and exti

Preface; 1. Extinction in the Fossil Record; 2. Fitness Landscape Model; 3. Self-Organized Critical Models; 4. Interspecies Connection Models; 5. Environmental Stress Models; 6. Non-equilibrium Models; 7. Summary; References; Index

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newman, Mark

Newman, M. E. J.

Palmer, R. G.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Soziobiologie

Über Autor(innen)

(Research Professor, Santa Fe Institute, USA);Palmer, R.G.