Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Louys, Julien (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Springer Earth System Sciences
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Ecology.; Conservation biology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

The fossil record contains unique long-term insights into how ecosystems form and function which cannot be determined simply by examining modern systems. It also provides a record of endangered species through time, which allow us to make conservation decisions based on thousands to millions of year...

Table of Contents:

• Palaeontology and ecology – their common origins and later split
• Ecology needs a palaeontological perspective
• Reconciling Paleontological and Neontological Data: Issues of Scale, Taxonomy, and Taphonomy
• Building links between ecology and palaeontology with taphonomic studies of recent vertebrate communities
• Phylogeography and the fossil record.