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7) A human environment: studies in honour of 20 years Analecta editorship by prof. Dr. Corrie Bakels
Series
Analecta praehistorica Leidensia volume 50
Publisher
Sidestone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Today, Greenland is largely covered in ice, but, in the time of the dinosaurs, the area was lushly forested. This book shows that landscape from 250 million years ago-and explains accessibly how we can create images of lost plants from studies of fossils, current flora, and models. Incorporating stories from their fieldwork and studio, two scientists and an artist offer the opportunity to see how paleobotanists work and to learn the science required...
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Series
U.S. Geological Survey bulletin volume 2036
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Ichnology is the study of traces created in the substrate by living organisms. This is the first book to systematically cover basic concepts and applications in both paleobiology and sedimentology, bridging the gap between the two main facets of the field. It emphasizes the importance of understanding ecologic controls on benthic fauna distribution and the role of burrowing organisms in changing their environments. A detailed analysis of the ichnology...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Ecosystems today are dynamic and complex, leaving conservationists faced with the paradox of conserving moving targets. New approaches to conservation are now required that aim to conserve ecological function and process, rather than attempt to protect static snapshots of biodiversity. To do this effectively, long-term information on ecosystem variability and resilience is needed. While there is a wealth of such information in palaeoecology, archaeology,...