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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      31 October 2009
      28 December 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511608599
      9780521390286
      9780521399210
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511608599
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.529kg, 260 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.537kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Conservation
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Ecology
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    Subjects:
    Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Conservation
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Ecology
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    The mechanisms of macroevolutionary change have long been a contentious issue. Palaeoecological evidence, presented in this book, shows that evolutionary processes visible in ecological time do not build up into macroevolutionary trends, contrary to Darwin's original thesis. The author discusses how climatic oscillations on ice-age time-scales are paced by variations in the Earth's orbit, and have thus been a permanent feature of Earth history. There is, however, little evidence for macroevolutionary change in response to these climatic changes, suggesting that over geological time macroevolution does not occur as a result of accumulated short term processes. These conclusions are used to construct a post-modern evolutionary synthesis in which evolution and ecology play an equal role. Written by a leading palaeoecologist, this book will be of interest to researchers in both ecology and evolutionary biology.

    Reviews

    ‘… stimulating and thought-provoking.’

    Peter D. Moore Source: Biologist

    ‘ … useful and thought-provoking … I recommend this book for palaeoclimatologists and biologists alike for a new perspective on the link between orbital-scale climate change and biological processes.’

    Source: Endeavour

    ‘ … unlike any current text dealing with pre-Quaternary palaeoecology … This volume is innovative and timely. It deserves to be read by all palaeoecologists, irrespective of the geological period upon which they work, and should be required reading for anyone about to embark on producing a geological or ecological text.’

    Source: The Holocene

    ‘This volume is innovative and timely. It deserves to be read by all paleaoecologists … and should be required reading for anyone about to embark on producing a geological or ecological text.’

    F. M. Chambers Source: The Holocene

    ‘Bennett has provided a thought-provoking book that should interest a broad audience of evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and Quaternary scientists. The synthesis he provides should encourage players from all three specialities to begin sharing the same field.’

    Anthony D. Barnosky - Montana State University

    ‘This is a challenging and thought-provoking book.’Mike Walker, Quaternary Science Reviews

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