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Extinctions in the history of life /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Extinctions in the history of life // edited by Paul D. Taylor.
other author:	Taylor, Paul D.,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Extinction (Biology) -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511607370
ISBN:	9780511607370 (ebook)

Extinctions in the history of life /
Extinctions in the history of life /edited by Paul D. Taylor. - 1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Extinction and the fossil record /Paul D. Taylor --

Extinction is the ultimate fate of all biological species - over 99 percent of the species that have ever inhabited the Earth are now extinct. The long fossil record of life provides scientists with crucial information about when species became extinct, which species were most vulnerable to extinction, and what processes may have brought about extinctions in the geological past. Key aspects of extinctions in the history of life are here reviewed by six leading palaeontologists, providing a source text for geology and biology undergraduates as well as more advanced scholars. Topical issues such as the causes of mass extinctions and how animal and plant life has recovered from these cataclysmic events that have shaped biological evolution are dealt with. This helps us to view the biodiversity crisis in a broader context, and shows how large-scale extinctions have had profound and long-lasting effects on the Earth's biosphere.

ISBN: 9780511607370 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

635569
Extinction (Biology)

LC Class. No.: QE721.2.E97 / E87 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 576.8/4

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