Why and How (eBook)
272 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-8961-1 (ISBN)
This book is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 consists of a few examples of studies of the fossil record, focusing on its adequacy, and ways of looking at and representing some of its aspects. The most basic aspects of study of the fossil record such as the examination, description, and illustration of the morphology of fossils are described in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 focuses on paleoecology and faunal analysis, while Chapter 4 emphasizes some of the aspects of phylogenetic principles and eclectic taxonomic theory. The essential apparatus for zoological studies that include biometrical statistics both in concepts and in measures are deliberated in Chapter 5. The last chapter deliberates the geographic distribution of organisms.
This publication is a good source for paleontologists and biologists interested in historical biology.
Why and How: Some Problems and Methods in Historical Biology discusses an overall approach to the study of fossils combined with paleontology. This book is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 consists of a few examples of studies of the fossil record, focusing on its adequacy, and ways of looking at and representing some of its aspects. The most basic aspects of study of the fossil record such as the examination, description, and illustration of the morphology of fossils are described in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 focuses on paleoecology and faunal analysis, while Chapter 4 emphasizes some of the aspects of phylogenetic principles and eclectic taxonomic theory. The essential apparatus for zoological studies that include biometrical statistics both in concepts and in measures are deliberated in Chapter 5. The last chapter deliberates the geographic distribution of organisms. This publication is a good source for paleontologists and biologists interested in historical biology.
Front Cover 1
Why and How: Some Problems and Methods in Historical Biology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Introduction 8
Chapter 1. The Fossil Record 10
Bias, Adequacy, and Sampling of the Fossil Record 10
Continuity and Discontinuity in the Fossil Record 22
History of a Fauna 24
Periodicity in Vertebrate Evolution 32
Chapter 2. Morphology, Homology, and Function 47
A Problem of Black on Black 47
"Braincasts" 50
A Way to Look Inside Fossils 56
A Way to Tell Crocodiles Apart 61
Ratio Diagrams 66
The Concept and Definition of Homology 69
An Exercise in Homology 72
An Exercise in Functional Inference and Model-making 78
How a Strange and Ancient Animal Got About 87
Chapter 3. Paleoecology and Faunal Analysis 93
Ecological Analysis of an Ancient Local Fauna 94
Faunal Analysis, Fades, and an Evolutionary Principle 98
The Long View 106
Chapter 4. Systematics and Taxonomy 119
Patterns of Cladistic Evolution 121
Remarks on Vertebrate Phylogeny 129
Higher Categories in Phylogeny and Taxonomy 135
Supraspecific Variation and Higher Categories 144
The Reality of Higher Categories 153
The Concept of Species 156
Types, Name-bearers, and Hypodigms in Taxonomy 168
Taxonomic Linguistics 173
Chapter 5. Some Bits of Biometry 183
An Application of Statistical Thinking and Methods 184
Range as a Zoological Character 187
Standardization of Normal Frequency Distributions 195
Chapter 6. Biogeography 200
Approach to a Sampling Problem 201
A History of an Intercontinental Faunal Resemblance 206
Measurement of Faunal Resemblance 219
Migration Routes 224
An Example of Sweepstakes Dispersal 230
Probability and Time 238
Species Density of Recent North American Mammals 242
Historical Analysis of a Continental Mammalian Fauna 251
Index 266
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.12.2015 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4831-8961-9 / 1483189619 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4831-8961-1 / 9781483189611 |
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