UID:
almahu_9948026252202882
Format:
1 online resource (303 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-30911-0
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9786612309113
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0-08-095849-4
Series Statement:
Developments in quaternary sciences, 12
Content:
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 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 requireme
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; Advances in Quaternary Entomology; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Glossary of Terms; Chapter 1. The History of Quaternary Insect Studies; 1. Introduction; 2. The Beginnings of Quaternary Entomology; 3. Coope's Pioneering Work in Britain; 4. The Development of Quaternary Entomology Outside Britain; Chapter 2. Methods; 1. Fossil Preservation; 2. Types of Sediments Containing Insect Fossils; 3. Sampling Procedures; 4. Extraction and Concentration of Insect Fossils from Sediments; Chapter 3. Important Fossil Insect Groups and Their Identification
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1. Use of Taxonomic Literature2. Use of Images on Web Sites; 3. Comparison with Museum Specimens; 4. Relative Size of Regional Faunas; 5. Useful Characters for Fossil Beetle Identification; 6. Identification of Other Groups of Fossil Insects; Chapter 4. The Value of Insects in Paleoecology; 1. Abundance and Diversity of Insect Assemblages; 2. Species Constancy in the Quaternary; 3. Colonization of New Regions; 4. Fossil Evidence for Continental-Scale Range Shifts; 5. Range Shifts of Alpine Species; 6. Tropical, Island and Cave Faunas; 7. Effects of Long-Term Climate Change
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8. Sensitivity of Insects to Environmental Change9. Use of Databases in Reconstructing Environments; Chapter 5. Paleoclimatic Studies Using Insects; 1. Range Overlap Method; 2. Quantitative Approaches to Paleoclimate Reconstruction; 3. The MCR Method; 4. Maximum-Likelihood Method; 5. BIOCLIM Method; 6. Insect Evidence for Rapid Climate Change; 7. Plant Migration Lag; Chapter 6. Insect Zoogeography in the Quaternary; 1. Early Work; 2. Pleistocene Records from Europe; 3. North American Studies; Chapter 7. The Use of Insect Fossils in Archeology
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1. Types of Anthropogenic Deposits Yielding Insects2. Environmental Indications from Insects; 3. Special Methods for Archeological Sites; 4. British Studies; 5. Studies in Western Europe (Fig. 7; Table 3); 6. North African and Middle Eastern Studies; 7. Studies in the North Atlantic Region (Figs. 14 and 15; Table 5); 8. Insect Fossils in New World Archeological Sites (Table 6; Fig. 16); 9. South American Archeology; 10. Comparison with European and other Old World Studies; Chapter 8. European Studies; 1. British Research; 2. Research in the North Atlantic Region
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3. Western European ResearchChapter 9. Siberian Studies; 1. Western Siberian Research; 2. Research in Northeastern Siberia; 3. Regional Paleoenvironmental Syntheses; Chapter 10. Eastern Beringian Studies; 1. Late TertiarysolEarly Quaternary Faunas; 2. Importance of the Late Tertiary Faunas; 3. Eastern Beringian Quaternary Studies; Chapter 11. Other Studies in the New World; 1. North American Studies; 2. Overview of North American Studies; 3. South American Studies; Chapter 12. Japanese Studies; 1. Fossil Assemblages; Chapter 13. Studies in Australia and New Zealand; 1. Australian Studies
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2. New Zealand
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-53424-5
Language:
English
