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Quaternary Ecology
Delcourt, Paul A.; Delcourt, Hazel R.
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Description for Quaternary Ecology
Paperback. The main aim of this volume is to provide an overview of the interdisciplinary area of quaternary ecology. Topics discussed include species migrations and invasions of pre-existing communities and the disassembly and reassembly of communities after major environmental change. Num Pages: 242 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Over the past several decades the field of Quaternary ecology has undergone a fundamental change in perspective. Paleoecologists, who were formerly con cerned with biostratigraphic questions, have increasingly begun to develop and test explicitly ecological hypotheses. Literature emphasizing the con tributions of paleoecology to contemporary issues in ecology is growing, but many of the key papers are published in journals not traditionally read by ecologists. The tendency toward increased specialization within ecology, along with the proliferation of new journals as publication outlets, increasingly makes it difficult to communicate effectively across sUbdisciplines within ecology. With this book, we hope to bridge ... Read more
Over the past several decades the field of Quaternary ecology has undergone a fundamental change in perspective. Paleoecologists, who were formerly con cerned with biostratigraphic questions, have increasingly begun to develop and test explicitly ecological hypotheses. Literature emphasizing the con tributions of paleoecology to contemporary issues in ecology is growing, but many of the key papers are published in journals not traditionally read by ecologists. The tendency toward increased specialization within ecology, along with the proliferation of new journals as publication outlets, increasingly makes it difficult to communicate effectively across sUbdisciplines within ecology. With this book, we hope to bridge ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412297908
SKU
V9780412297908
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