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2. Scaling Is Everything: Brief Comments on Evolutionary Paleoecology
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James W. Valentine
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Dedication vii
- Contributors ix
- 1. Evolutionary Paleoecology: The Maturation of a Discipline 1
- 2. Scaling Is Everything: Brief Comments on Evolutionary Paleoecology 9
- 3. What’s in a Name? Ecologic Entities and the Marine Paleoecologic Record 15
- 4. The Ecological Architecture of Major Events in the Phanerozoic History of Marine Invertebrate Life 35
- 5. Stability in Ecological and Paleoecological Systems: Variability at Both Short and Long Timescales 63
- 6. Applying Molecular Phylogeography to Test Paleoecological Hypotheses: A Case Study Involving Amblema plicata (Mollusca: Unionidae) 83
- 7. Nutrients and Evolution in the Marine Realm 105
- 8. The Role of Ecological Interactions in the Evolution of Naticid Gastropods and Their Molluscan Prey 149
- 9. Evolutionary Paleoecology of Caribbean Coral Reefs 171
- 10. Rates and Processes of Terrestrial Nutrient Cycling in the Paleozoic: The World Before Beetles, Termites, and Flies 235
- 11. Ecological Sorting of Vascular Plant Classes During the Paleozoic Evolutionary Radiation 285
- Author Index 337
- Subject Index 349
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Dedication vii
- Contributors ix
- 1. Evolutionary Paleoecology: The Maturation of a Discipline 1
- 2. Scaling Is Everything: Brief Comments on Evolutionary Paleoecology 9
- 3. What’s in a Name? Ecologic Entities and the Marine Paleoecologic Record 15
- 4. The Ecological Architecture of Major Events in the Phanerozoic History of Marine Invertebrate Life 35
- 5. Stability in Ecological and Paleoecological Systems: Variability at Both Short and Long Timescales 63
- 6. Applying Molecular Phylogeography to Test Paleoecological Hypotheses: A Case Study Involving Amblema plicata (Mollusca: Unionidae) 83
- 7. Nutrients and Evolution in the Marine Realm 105
- 8. The Role of Ecological Interactions in the Evolution of Naticid Gastropods and Their Molluscan Prey 149
- 9. Evolutionary Paleoecology of Caribbean Coral Reefs 171
- 10. Rates and Processes of Terrestrial Nutrient Cycling in the Paleozoic: The World Before Beetles, Termites, and Flies 235
- 11. Ecological Sorting of Vascular Plant Classes During the Paleozoic Evolutionary Radiation 285
- Author Index 337
- Subject Index 349
