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Author:   Arthur J. Boucot ,  Jr. Poinar
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.383kg
ISBN:  

9781439810583

ISBN 10:   1439810583
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   12 April 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Functional Morphology. Specialized, Potentially Interacting Biological Substrates. Mutualism. Host–Parasite and Host–Parasitoid Relationships and Disease. Density and Spacing. Predation and Feeding Behaviors. Communication. Trace Fossils and Their Formers. Specialized Substrates. Sexual Behavior. Parental Care. Depth Behavior. Phoresy. Carrier Shells. Pollination Ecology. Social Insects. Long-Range Migration. Molting. Sensitive Plants. Reptilian and Mammalian Burrows and Dens. Vertebrate Endocranial Casts. Preening. Grain-Size Selectors. The Seagrass Community Complex. Shelter. Flying and Gliding Vertebrates. Possible Genetic–Developmental Defects. Teratologies. Disease. Marine Molluscan Larval Types and Their Behavior. Competition Involving Bryozoans. “Lost” Behaviors and Their Vestigial Evidence. Stunting. Oceanic vs. Neritic. Human Behavior. Summary and Conclusions. References.

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This book is just what the title promises - it is an exhaustive compendium of diverse information about the fossilized evidence of the behavior of ancient animals. It is neither a textbook with lucid explanations of complex concepts, nor a symposium volume of detailed case studies, nor an engaging narrative of intrepid scientific adventures. Rather, the book is filled with a plethora of anecdotes and data that provide a springboard into further explorations of the vast literature on fossil behavior. --A. A. (Tony) Ekdale, Pofessor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah in Salt Lake City ... a unique contribution to paleobiology, containing an overwhelming amount of detailed data on the inferred and actual behavior of virtually every group of organisms preserved in the fossil record...beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings of individual specimens ... the authors have produced a tremendous contribution to modern paleontology. -Edward Petuch, Florida Atlantic University, author of Cenozoic Seas: The View from North America ... an impressive collection of fossil material and literature ... This work takes paleobiology from a record of the succession of fossil taxa through time (certainly important to answering questions about evolution) to a much more exciting representation of changes in whole communities and ecosystems. ... This book will contribute greatly to our perspectives on how integrated communities and ecosystems have developed through time. -Timothy D. Schowalter, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

"""This book is just what the title promises - it is an exhaustive compendium of diverse information about the fossilized evidence of the behavior of ancient animals. It is neither a textbook with lucid explanations of complex concepts, nor a symposium volume of detailed case studies, nor an engaging narrative of intrepid scientific adventures. Rather, the book is filled with a plethora of anecdotes and data that provide a springboard into further explorations of the vast literature on fossil behavior."" --A. A. (Tony) Ekdale, Pofessor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah in Salt Lake City ""! a unique contribution to paleobiology, containing an overwhelming amount of detailed data on the inferred and actual behavior of virtually every group of organisms preserved in the fossil record!beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings of individual specimens ! the authors have produced a tremendous contribution to modern paleontology."" --Edward Petuch, Florida Atlantic University, author of Cenozoic Seas: The View from North America ""! an impressive collection of fossil material and literature ! This work takes paleobiology from a record of the succession of fossil taxa through time (certainly important to answering questions about evolution) to a much more exciting representation of changes in whole communities and ecosystems. ! This book will contribute greatly to our perspectives on how integrated communities and ecosystems have developed through time."" --Timothy D. Schowalter, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA"

! a unique contribution to paleobiology, containing an overwhelming amount of detailed data on the inferred and actual behavior of virtually every group of organisms preserved in the fossil record!beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings of individual specimens ! the authors have produced a tremendous contribution to modern paleontology. --Edward Petuch, Florida Atlantic University, author of Cenozoic Seas: The View from North America ! an impressive collection of fossil material and literature ! This work takes paleobiology from a record of the succession of fossil taxa through time (certainly important to answering questions about evolution) to a much more exciting representation of changes in whole communities and ecosystems. ! This book will contribute greatly to our perspectives on how integrated communities and ecosystems have developed through time. --Timothy D. Schowalter, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

In this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot's seminal work, Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who provides additional expertise and knowledge on protozoans and bacteria as applied to disease. Together, they make the Fossil Behavior Compendium wider in scope, covering all relevant animal and plant groups and all epochs, and providing a detailed review of animal and plant fossil behavior in terrestrial and aquatic environments. ... Keeping Boucot's trademark, easy-to-read style, the book includes new findings never published previously, reports not easily accessed, numerous examples, 40 tables, 285 illustrations-some published here for the first time-and a four-page color insert. The book provides a concise account of the evidence for varied disease types recognized to date in the fossil record. -Southeastern Naturalist, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2013 This book is just what the title promises - it is an exhaustive compendium of diverse information about the fossilized evidence of the behavior of ancient animals. It is neither a textbook with lucid explanations of complex concepts, nor a symposium volume of detailed case studies, nor an engaging narrative of intrepid scientific adventures. Rather, the book is filled with a plethora of anecdotes and data that provide a springboard into further explorations of the vast literature on fossil behavior. -A. A. (Tony) Ekdale, Pofessor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah in Salt Lake City ... a unique contribution to paleobiology, containing an overwhelming amount of detailed data on the inferred and actual behavior of virtually every group of organisms preserved in the fossil record...beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings of individual specimens ... the authors have produced a tremendous contribution to modern paleontology. -Edward Petuch, Florida Atlantic University, author of Cenozoic Seas: The View from North America ... an impressive collection of fossil material and literature ... This work takes paleobiology from a record of the succession of fossil taxa through time (certainly important to answering questions about evolution) to a much more exciting representation of changes in whole communities and ecosystems. ... This book will contribute greatly to our perspectives on how integrated communities and ecosystems have developed through time. -Timothy D. Schowalter, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

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