عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QH367 .B35 2000
QH367
.
B35
2000
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0465005519
(Number (ISBN
9780465005512
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b412626
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The ghosts of evolution :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
nonsensical fruit, missing partners, and other ecological anachronisms /
First Statement of Responsibility
Connie Barlow
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 291 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Ghost stories -- Ecological anachronisms and their missing partners -- Megafaunal dispersal syndrome -- Advancing the theory -- Fruitful longing -- Extreme anachronisms -- Armaments from another era -- Who are the ghosts? -- Consequences -- Great work
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Ecological science is changing because of a recent discovery: Every field, forest, and park is full of living organisms adapted for relationships with creatures that have long been extinct. In this book, the author shows how this idea of "missing partners" in nature evolved from isolated, curious examples into an idea that is transforming how ecologists understand the entire flora and fauna of the Americas. Barlow's report on a scientific program in its infancy puts the cutting edge of evolutionary thought within the grasp of any amateur naturalist. This book connects modern parks, supermarket produce sections, and even shopping-mall parking lots with remnants of the elephants, camels, giant sloths, rhinos, and lions that once roamed North America
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Animal-plant relationships
Evolution (Biology)
Evolutionary paleoecology
Extinction (Biology)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
576
.
85
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QH367
Class number
QK980
Book number
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B35
2000
Book number
.
B35
2000
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Barlow, Connie C
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20160712065822.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
