Extinctions in the history of life
By: edited by Paul D. Taylor
Contributors: Taylor, Paul D
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780521842242
Subjects: Extinction (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Extinction and the fossil record / Paul D. Taylor; title: Extinctions in life's earliest history / J. William Schopf; title: Mass extinctions in plant evolution / Scott L. Wing; title: The beginning of the Mesozoic: 70 million years of environmental stress and extinction / David J. Bottjer; title: Causes of mass extinctions / Paul D. Wignall; title: The evolutionary role of mass extinctions: disaster, recovery and something in-between / David Jablonski