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The ghosts of evolution : nonsensical fruit, missing partners, and other ecological anachronisms, Connie Barlow
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Label
- The ghosts of evolution : nonsensical fruit, missing partners, and other ecological anachronisms
- Title
- The ghosts of evolution
- Title remainder
- nonsensical fruit, missing partners, and other ecological anachronisms
- Statement of responsibility
- Connie Barlow
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- IOS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barlow, Connie C
- Dewey number
- 576.85
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
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- QH367
- QK980
- LC item number
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- .B35 2000
- .B35 2000
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Evolution (Biology)
- Extinction (Biology)
- Evolutionary paleoecology
- Animal-plant relationships
- Évolution (Biologie)
- Animal-plant relationships
- Evolution (Biology)
- Evolutionary paleoecology
- Extinction (Biology)
- Evolutietheorie
- Ecologische aspecten
- Label
- The ghosts of evolution : nonsensical fruit, missing partners, and other ecological anachronisms, Connie Barlow
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033657890
- Label
- The ghosts of evolution : nonsensical fruit, missing partners, and other ecological anachronisms, Connie Barlow
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033657890
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