Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution
Language: English
Published by Elsevier, 1990
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Inscribed on the free front endpaper by the author ("Art") in July 1990 to sociobiologist E.O. Wilson, to whom this work is dedicated (see pp. [v] and x) -- Dr. Wilson's former ownership stamp is underneath the inscription. Corners bumped; pages at front and back have very small top- and bottom-corner crease; tight, text clean. xxiii, [1], 725 p. Important association copy of a large, heavy volume [ifo drsr] Size: Oversize.
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- Title
- Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution
- Author
- A.J. (Arthur James) Boucot
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket (if issued)
- Signed
- Inscribed By Author to Prominent Person
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0444880348
- ISBN 13
- 9780444880345
- Edition
- First Edition.
The conclusions drawn from this compilation suggest that both behaviors and coevolved relations appear infrequently, following which there is relative fixity of the relation, i.e., two rates of evolution, very rapid and essentially zero. This conclusion complies well with the author's prior conclusion that community evolution followed the same rate pattern. In fact, communities are regarded here, as in large part, expressions of both behavior and coevolved relations, rather than as random aggregates controlled almost wholly by varied, unrelated physical parameters tracked by organisms, i.e., the concept that communities have no biologic reality, being merely statistical abstractions.
The book is illustrated throughout with more than 400 photographs and drawings. It will be of interest to ethologists, evolutionists, parasitologists, paleontologists, and palaeobiologists at research and post-graduate levels.
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....a fascinating review of evidence on behavior and ecological interactions from the fossil record.
....the volume is packed with interesting and well-organized examples of behavioral and ecological properties of fossil organisms,
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
J. Haffer
Extensive lists of references, authors, genera and species, and of subject matter conclude this well produced compendium. I recommend it to all life science departments as an overview of paleobiology and paleoethology emphasizing the evolutionary time dimension of many aspects studied by biologists and documenting the enormous potential of paleontological data in many other respects. The book will catch the attention of biology students through its wealth of highly instructive illustrations, text, and numerous literature references.
Ethology
The text is informal, chatty and extremely easy to read as it unfolds a remarkable tale of eveidence for palaeo-sex, violence and peaceable living. The span of information is truly impressive.
Geological Magazine
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