Advances in Quaternary Entomology: Volume 12 Contributor(s): Elias, Scott (Author) |
|
ISBN: 0444534245 ISBN-13: 9780444534248 Publisher: Elsevier Science OUR PRICE: $204.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Paleontology - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
Dewey: 565.7 |
LCCN: 2012285658 |
Series: Developments in Quaternary Science (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.4" W x 11.7" (2.40 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Advances in Quaternary Entomology addresses the science of fossil insects by demonstrating their immense contribution to our knowledge of the paleoenvironmental and climatological record of the past 2.6 million years. In this comprehensive survey of the field, Scott A. Elias recounts development of scholarship, reviews the fossil insect record from Quaternary deposits throughout the world, and points to rewarding areas for future research. The study of Quaternary entomology is becoming an important tool in understanding past environmental changes. Most insects are quite specific as to habitat requirements, and those in non-island environments have undergone almost no evolutionary change in the Quaternary period. We therefore can use their modern ecological requirements as a basis for interpreting what past environments must have been like. |