The richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic serve as one of only a few geological research systems in the world where morphological stasis and punctuated speciation have been investigated in multiple lineages. This research system provides unprecedented opportunities for comparative studies of evolutionary stasis and change and their environmental and ecological contexts. In this volume, a diverse group of geologists and paleobiologists collectively focus their attention on this research system, providing an updated geological framework and a series of novel studies of evolutionary stasis and change among different lineages and associated ecological communities. This collection of studies illustrates the immense potential of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and field-based paleobiological research for studies of macroevolutionary change in the fossil record.
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The richly fossiliferous Neogene stratigraphic sections of the Dominican Republic serve as one of only a few geological research systems in the world where morphological stasis and punctuated speciation have been investigated in multiple lineages. This research system provides unprecedented opportunities for comparative studies of evolutionary stasis and change and their environmental and ecological contexts. In this volume, a diverse group of geologists and paleobiologists collectively focus their attention on this research system, providing an updated geological framework and a series of novel studies of evolutionary stasis and change among different lineages and associated ecological communities. This collection of studies illustrates the immense potential of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and field-based paleobiological research for studies of macroevolutionary change in the fossil record.
Imprint | Springer-Verlag New York |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Topics in Geobiology, 30 |
Release date | March 2008 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2008 |
Editors | Ross H. Nehm, Ann F. Budd |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 316 |
Edition | 2008 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-8214-6 |
Barcode | 9781402082146 |
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LSN | 1-4020-8214-2 |