McGhee When the Invasion of Land Failed

The Legacy of the Devonian Extinctions
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53636-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology

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Autoren/Hrsg.

McGhee, George

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. The Evolution of Life on Land
2. The Plants Establish a Beachhead
3. The First Animal Invasion
4. The First Catastrophe and Retreat
5. The Second Animal Invasion
6. The Second Catastrophe and Retreat
7. Victory at Last
8. The Legacy of the Devonian Extinctions
Notes
References
Index

Leseproben

Read the introduction, "The Evolution of Life on Land"

Über Autor(innen)

George R. McGhee Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Paleobiology at Rutgers University and a Member of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg, Austria. He has held research positions at the University of Tübingen, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the American Museum of Natural History.