Amazonia
Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the Past
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Beschreibung
The book focuses on geological history as the critical factor indetermining the present biodiversity and landscapes of Amazonia.The different driving mechanisms for landscape evolution areexplored by reviewing the history of the Amazonian Craton, theassociated sedimentary basins, and the role of mountain uplift andclimate change.
This book provdes an insight into the Meso- and Cenozoic recordof Amazonia that was characterized by fluvial and long-lived lakesystems and a highly diverse flora and fauna. This fauna includesgiants such as the ca. 12 m long caiman Purussaurus, but also avaried fish fauna and fragile molluscs, whilst fossil pollen andspores form relics of ancestral swamps and rainforests.
Finally, a review the molecular datasets of the modern Amazonianrainforest and aquatic ecosystem, discussing the possible relationsbetween the origin of Amazonian species diversity and thepalaeogeographic, palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental evolutionof northern South America. The multidisciplinary approach inevaluating the history of Amazonia has resulted in a comprehensivevolume that provides novel insights into the evolution of thisregion.
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Carina Hoorn
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"The volume edited by Hoorn & Wesselingh is a must read foreveryone studying geology and palaeontology of Amazonia . . .Therefore, the reviewer feels it necessary to recommended thisvolume strongly for all specialists in Cenozoicpalaeoenvironments." (Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie,1 January 2011)
"In this comprehensive book, a wealth of detailed informationintegrates what we know of geological and climatic processes andthe evolution of the tremendous biodiversity of the Amazonianregion . . . This book will be a vital reference for Amazonianresearchers and aficionados for many years to come. CurrentAmazonian researchers and any student contemplating graduate studyin Amazonian geology, paleontology, phylogeography, or evolutionshould read this volume from cover to cover." (The Quarterly Reviewof Biology, 1 June 2011)
"Recommenced. Academic audiences, upper-divisionundergraduates." (Choice, October 2010)
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