{"product_id":"terrestrial-ecosystems-through-time-evolutionary-paleoecology-of-terrestrial-plants-and-animals-9780226041551","title":"Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals\u003c\/strong\u003e by c. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780226041551.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBreathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire\necological history of life on land—from the earliest traces\nof terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the\nbeginning of human agriculture. By providing myriad insights\ninto the unique ecological information contained in the\nfossil record, it establishes a new and ambitious basis for\nthe study of evolutionary paleoecology of land ecosystems.\n\nA joint undertaking of the Evolution of Terrestrial\nEcosystems Consortium at the National Museum of Natural\nHistory, Smithsonian Institution, and twenty-six additional\nresearchers, this book begins with four chapters that lay out\nthe theoretical background and methodology of the science of\nevolutionary paleoecology. Included are a comprehensive\nreview of the taphonomy and paleoenvironmental settings of\nfossil deposits as well as guidelines for developing\necological characterizations of extinct organisms and the\ncommunities in which they lived. The remaining three\nchapters treat the history of terrestrial ecosystems through\ngeological time, emphasizing how ecological interactions have\nchanged, the rate and tempo of ecosystem change, the role of\nexogenous \"forcing factors\" in generating ecological change,\nand the effect of ecological factors on the evolution of\nbiological diversity.\n\nThe six principal authors of this volume are all associated\nwith the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems program at the\nNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648126738485,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226041557","price":56.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226041551_44b1f9e0-839a-4e57-9acd-66ad42617bda.jpg?v=1781727697","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/terrestrial-ecosystems-through-time-evolutionary-paleoecology-of-terrestrial-plants-and-animals-9780226041551","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}