Islands in the cosmos : the evolution of life on land /
Russell, Dale A.
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Time travel -- The extraterrestrial pre-Hadean -- The Hadean eon -- The Archean eon -- The Proterozoic eon -- Phanerozoic marine life -- Origin of complex terrestrial ecosystems -- Toward the coal age -- Ascendancy of life on land -- Bridging the eras -- The natural history of natural selection -- An age of giants -- One Earth, two worlds -- The modern Earth -- Synthesis.
Evolution (Biology)
Life
Biotic communities.
Natural selection.
Paleoecology.
Paleontology