國立虎尾科技大學 |

Biodiversity and Earth History

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Biodiversity and Earth History/ by Jens Boenigk, Sabina Wodniok, Edvard Glücksman.
Author:	Boenigk, Jens.
other author:	Wodniok, Sabina.
Description:	XIV, 401 p. 476 illus., 464 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Biodiversity. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46394-9
ISBN:	9783662463949

Biodiversity and Earth History
Boenigk, Jens.

Biodiversity and Earth History[electronic resource] /by Jens Boenigk, Sabina Wodniok, Edvard Glücksman. - 1st ed. 2015. - XIV, 401 p. 476 illus., 464 illus. in color.online resource.

1. Introduction -- 2. Earth’s History -- 3. Distribution of present-day biodiversity and biomes -- 4. Mega systematics -- 5. Glossar.

This uniquely interdisciplinary textbook explores the exciting and complex relationship between Earth’s geological history and the biodiversity of life. Its innovative design provides a seamless learning experience, clarifying major concepts step by step with detailed textual explanations complemented by detailed figures, diagrams and vibrant pictures. Thanks to its layout, the respective concepts can be studied individually, as part of the broader framework of each chapter, or as they relate to the book as a whole. It provides in-depth coverage of: - Earth’s formation and subsequent geological history, including patterns of climate change and atmospheric evolution; - The early stages of life, from microbial ‘primordial soup’ theories to the fossil record’s most valuable contributions; - Mechanisms of mutual influence between living organisms and the environment: how life changed Earth’s history whilst, at the same time, environmental pressures continue to shape the evolution of species; - Basic ideas in biodiversity studies: species concepts, measurement techniques, and global distribution patterns; - Biological systematics, from their historical origins in Greek philosophy and Biblical stories to Darwinian evolution by natural selection, and to phylogenetics based on cutting-edge molecular techniques. This book’s four major sections offer a fresh cross-disciplinary overview of biodiversity and the Earth’s history. Among many other concepts, they reveal the massive diversity of eukaryotes, explain the geological processes behind fossilisation, and provide an eye-opening account of the relatively short period of human evolution in the context of Earth’s 4.6 billion-year history. Employing a combination of proven didactic tools, the book is simultaneously a reading reference, illustrated guide, and encyclopaedia of organismal biology and geology. It is aimed at school- and university-level students, as well as members of the public fascinated by the intricate interrelationship of living organisms and their environment.

ISBN: 9783662463949

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-662-46394-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

593899
Biodiversity.

LC Class. No.: QH541.15.B56

Dewey Class. No.: 577

Biodiversity and Earth History
LDR:03592nam a22003975i 4500 001 966445
003 DE-He213
005 20200630013015.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 201211s2015 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 $a 9783662463949 $9 978-3-662-46394-9
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-662-46394-9 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-662-46394-9
050 4 $a QH541.15.B56
072 7 $a RNCB $2 bicssc
072 7 $a SCI020000 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a RNCB $2 thema
082 0 4 $a 577 $2 23
100 1 $a Boenigk, Jens. $e author. $4 aut $4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut $3 1262064
245 1 0 $a Biodiversity and Earth History $h [electronic resource] / $c by Jens Boenigk, Sabina Wodniok, Edvard Glücksman.
250 $a 1st ed. 2015.
264 1 $a Berlin, Heidelberg : $b Springer Berlin Heidelberg : $b Imprint: Springer, $c 2015.
300 $a XIV, 401 p. 476 illus., 464 illus. in color. $b online resource.
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
347 $a text file $b PDF $2 rda
505 0 $a 1. Introduction -- 2. Earth’s History -- 3. Distribution of present-day biodiversity and biomes -- 4. Mega systematics -- 5. Glossar.
520 $a This uniquely interdisciplinary textbook explores the exciting and complex relationship between Earth’s geological history and the biodiversity of life. Its innovative design provides a seamless learning experience, clarifying major concepts step by step with detailed textual explanations complemented by detailed figures, diagrams and vibrant pictures. Thanks to its layout, the respective concepts can be studied individually, as part of the broader framework of each chapter, or as they relate to the book as a whole. It provides in-depth coverage of: - Earth’s formation and subsequent geological history, including patterns of climate change and atmospheric evolution; - The early stages of life, from microbial ‘primordial soup’ theories to the fossil record’s most valuable contributions; - Mechanisms of mutual influence between living organisms and the environment: how life changed Earth’s history whilst, at the same time, environmental pressures continue to shape the evolution of species; - Basic ideas in biodiversity studies: species concepts, measurement techniques, and global distribution patterns; - Biological systematics, from their historical origins in Greek philosophy and Biblical stories to Darwinian evolution by natural selection, and to phylogenetics based on cutting-edge molecular techniques. This book’s four major sections offer a fresh cross-disciplinary overview of biodiversity and the Earth’s history. Among many other concepts, they reveal the massive diversity of eukaryotes, explain the geological processes behind fossilisation, and provide an eye-opening account of the relatively short period of human evolution in the context of Earth’s 4.6 billion-year history. Employing a combination of proven didactic tools, the book is simultaneously a reading reference, illustrated guide, and encyclopaedia of organismal biology and geology. It is aimed at school- and university-level students, as well as members of the public fascinated by the intricate interrelationship of living organisms and their environment.
650 0 $a Biodiversity. $3 593899
650 0 $a Evolutionary biology. $3 1199725
650 0 $a Historical geology. $3 965790
650 0 $a Animal systematics. $3 1255321
650 0 $a Animal taxonomy. $3 1255322
650 0 $a Plant systematics. $3 1253629
650 0 $a Plant taxonomy. $3 1253630
650 0 $a Microbiology. $3 591510
650 2 4 $a Evolutionary Biology. $3 668573
650 2 4 $a Historical Geology. $3 670773
650 2 4 $a Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. $3 668678
650 2 4 $a Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. $3 668511
650 2 4 $a Eukaryotic Microbiology. $3 676937
700 1 $a Wodniok, Sabina. $e author. $4 aut $4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut $3 1262065
700 1 $a Glücksman, Edvard. $e author. $4 aut $4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut $3 1262066
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 593884
773 0 $t Springer Nature eBook
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783662463956
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783662463932
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783662516416
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46394-9
912 $a ZDB-2-SBL
912 $a ZDB-2-SXB
950 $a Biomedical and Life Sciences (SpringerNature-11642)
950 $a Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0) (SpringerNature-43708)