Format:
X, 264 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
,
24cm
ISBN:
9780691124315
,
0691124310
Note:
Bibliography: p. [225]-252. - Includes index
,
Fossils : a time capsule -- The Cretaceous : a time of change -- Herbivory -- Dinosaurs competing with insects -- Did dinosaurs or insects "invent" flowering plants? -- Pollination -- Blights and diseases of Cretaceous plants -- The Cretaceous Age of chimeras and other oddities -- Sanitary engineers of the Cretaceous -- The case for entomophagy among dinosaurs -- Gorging on dinosaurs -- Biting midges -- Sand flies -- Mosquitoes -- Blackflies -- Horseflies and deerflies -- Fleas and lice -- Ticks and mites -- Parasitic worms -- The discovery of Cretaceous diseases -- Diseases and the evolution of pathogens -- Insects : the ultimate survivors -- Extinctions and the K/T boundary -- Appendix A. Cretaceous Hexapoda -- Appendix B. Key factors contributing to the survival of terrestrial animals -- Appendix C. Problems with evaluating the fossil record and extinctions
Language:
English
Keywords:
Kreide
;
Fossile Insekten
;
Palökologie
;
Dinosaurier
;
Krankheit
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007061024-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007061024-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007061024-t.html