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Palaeontology

Paperback. This book includes work from both new and established researchers who are using laboratory, field and data-base techniques to characterize and quantify the temporal and spatial variation in taphonomic bias. Editor(s): Allison, Peter A.; Bottjer, David J. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 612 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB; RBGK; RBX; RGM; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2011
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400734036
ISBN
9789400734036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 197.20

Paperback. Volume II offers new evidence on the geology, geochronology, ecology, ecomorphology and taphonomy of the Laetoli site. The set provides a comprehensive accounts of a fossil hominin site, offering important new insights into early stages of human evolution. Editor(s): Harrison, Terry. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 402 pages, 75 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSV; PSVS; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400735071
ISBN
9789400735071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.57

Paperback. This volume examines a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation. Each chapter outlines the strengths and limitations of a specific approach and applies the method to a real fossil dataset or sample type. Editor(s): Laflamme, Marc; Schiffbauer, James D.; Dornbos, Stephen Q. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 484 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBGF; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400735477
ISBN
9789400735477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 196.00

Paperback. Ever since we discovered the Neanderthals, debate has raged among palaeoanthropologists and archaeologists over their origin and significance. This book sets out the current status of our knowledge of them and suggests areas for potential future research. Editor(s): Condemi, Silvana; Weniger, Gerd-Christian. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1001.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400735545
ISBN
9789400735545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.44

paperback. This volume presents a collection of remarkable adaptations to anoxia, observed in protists, fungi, plants and animals. The text presents case studies that provide evidence for controlled beneficial use of anoxia, like organic modification of free radicals, for example. Editor(s): Altenbach, Alexander V.; Bernhard, Joan M.; Seckbach, Joseph. Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. Num Pages: 684 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSG; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1032.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400737051
ISBN
9789400737051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 253.20

Paperback. Improved dating methods have increased our ability to more precisely determine the timing and durations of glaciations. Stratigraphic sections containing a variety of glacial deposits, some with interbedded volcanics, as well as loess deposits, were used in reconstructing the glacial history. This title deals with this topic. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 80 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBG; RBP; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 143.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400743984
ISBN
9789400743984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.91

Paperback. Shows latitudinal gradients and distributional patterns, both at regional and global scales, which are the basis for the recognition of biochoremas or palaeobiogeographical units of different ranks. This title provides interesting insight into particular biogeographical questions, such as bipolarity and its origin. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 147 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, 8 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PST; RBGF; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400750975
ISBN
9789400750975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Paperback. "The temporal focus is on the Paleocene through Pliocene times"--Pref. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 124 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PST; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 207.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754669
ISBN
9789400754669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.58

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 128 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PSV; PSVS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 207.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754904
ISBN
9789400754904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.61

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 105 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSVW6; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
105
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400756366
ISBN
9789400756366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.66

Paperback. Deals with a brief time in the Earth's history, and apart from a few exceptions, molluscan assemblages recovered from exposures along the coast of Southwestern South America are essentially same than those that inhabit the region today, leading to assumption that no important change in distribution of faunas since Pleistocene times has occurred. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 45 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSAS; PSAF; PSV; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400760547
ISBN
9789400760547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.20

Hardback. Photosynthesis in Bryophytes and Early Land Plants Editor(s): Hanson, David T.; Rice, Steven K. Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration. Num Pages: 369 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PST; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400769878
ISBN
9789400769878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.06

Hardcover. Late Cenozoic Climate Change in Asia Editor(s): Zhisheng, An. Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research. Num Pages: 602 pages, 87 black & white illustrations, 146 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBGD; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400778160
ISBN
9789400778160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.13

Hardcover. Biopolymers Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 174 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RBGK; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400779358
ISBN
9789400779358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

paperback. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 877.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2007th Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400786776
ISBN
9789400786776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.74

Paperback. The answers to the questions of when did life first appear on Earth and what form did it take lies somewhere within the early Archean rock record. This accessible guide fully explains and brings together all the materials of this earliest fossil record. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSB; RBGK; RBX; RGM; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400789333
ISBN
9789400789333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. This volume reviews developments in paleontology and geobiology relating to the rapidly-developing field of Astrobiology, the study of life in the Universe. Uniquely among astrobiology monographs, the book focuses on fossil evidence from the geological record. Editor(s): Seckbach, Joseph; Walsh, Maud. Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSG; RBG; RBX; VXQB; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
582
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400789494
ISBN
9789400789494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 373.82

paperback. This long-overdue survey eschews Darwin and follows the work of naturalists of many nationalities who used paleontology, comparative anatomy, and embryology in order to establish a linear continuity of evolving life though the long span of geological time. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSA; PSAJ; PSV; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400791459
ISBN
9789400791459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.08

paperback. Editor(s): LePage, Ben A. (URS Corporation); Williams, Christopher J. (Franklin and Marshall College); Yang, Hong. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 459 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBX; RGM; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2005th Edition
Number of pages
459
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400791664
ISBN
9789400791664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 195.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Clark, Jamie L.; Speth, John D. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 275 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM; PSAF; PSVW; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400796256
ISBN
9789400796256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.07

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