Contents

Chapters in this book

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