Nature through Time
Virtual field trips through the Nature of the past
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Beschreibung
This book simulates a historical walk through nature, teaching readers about the biodiversity on Earth in various eras with a focus on past terrestrial environments. Geared towards a student audience, using simple terms and avoiding long complex explanations, the book discusses the plants and animals that lived on land, the evolution of natural systems, and how these biological systems changed over time in geological and paleontological contexts. With easy-to-understand and scientifically accurate and up-to-date information, readers will be guided through major biological events from the Earth's past.
The topics in the book represent a broad paleoenvironmental spectrum of interests and educational modules, allowing for virtual visits to rich geological times. Eras and events that are discussed include, but are not limited to, the much varied Quaternary environments, the evolution of plants and animals during the Cenozoic, the rise of angiosperms, vertebrate evolution and ecosystems in the Mesozoic, the Permian mass extinction, the late Paleozoic glaciation, and the origin of the first trees and land plants in the Devonian-Ordovician. With state-of-the art expert scientific instruction on these topics and up-to-date and scientifically accurate illustrations, this book can serve as an international course for students, teachers, and other interested individuals.We acknowledge that the artwork used for the cover of the book Nature through Time was realized and liberally donated by Giorgio Nepote Vesin.
This book simulates a historical walk through nature, teaching readers about the biodiversity on Earth in various eras with a focus on past terrestrial environments. Geared towards a student audience, using simple terms and avoiding long complex explanations, the book discusses the plants and animals that lived on land, the evolution of natural systems, and how these biological systems changed over time in geological and paleontological contexts. With easy-to-understand and scientifically accurate and up-to-date information, readers will be guided through major biological events from the Earth's past.
The topics in the book represent a broad paleoenvironmental spectrum of interests and educational modules, allowing for virtual visits to rich geological times. Eras and events that are discussed include, but are not limited to, the much varied Quaternary environments, the evolution of plants and animals during the Cenozoic, the rise of angiosperms, vertebrate evolution and ecosystems in the Mesozoic, the Permian mass extinction, the late Paleozoic glaciation, and the origin of the first trees and land plants in the Devonian-Ordovician. With state-of-the art expert scientific instruction on these topics and up-to-date and scientifically accurate illustrations, this book can serve as an international course for students, teachers, and other interested individuals.
Details the history of Nature on our planet for undergraduate and graduate students, with a focus on terrestrial paleoenvironments Offers expert research accounts on the major transformations of natural systems during the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic Provides up-to-date information on less conventional topics such as paleobotany and palynology
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Edoardo Martinetto
Themen in »Nature through Time«
Quaternary Glaciation Phylogenetic diversification Late Neogene expansion of C4 grasses Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum) Angiosperms Mesozoic Silurian and Devonian marine ecosystems Devonian-Ordovician Terrestrialization Cambrian and Precambrian Paleobotany Biodiversity through the ages
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“The taxonomic index is especially useful, directing attention to figure and box locations in individual chapters and to the availability of slides useful for teaching. The inserted (in the text) reference access component, at least in the electronic version, is very convenient. All in all, a valuable tour guide to the geologic past.” (Bruce Rothschild, The Paleontological Society, paleosoc.org, May 23, 2023)
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