Evolution on planet earth : the impact of the physical environment /

Other Authors: Rothschild, Lynn J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=195529
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245 0 0 |a Evolution on planet earth :  |b the impact of the physical environment /  |c edited by Lynn J. Rothschild and Adrian M. Lister. 
260 |a Amsterdam ;  |b Academic Press,  |c ©2003.  |a Boston : 
300 |a 1 online resource (xii, 438 pages) :  |b illustrations 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The Physical Setting for Early Life -- An Evolutionary Perspective of Nitrogen Fixation -- The Coupled Evolution of Life and Atmospheric Oxygen -- Chemistry of the Early Oceans -- The Role of Carbon Dioxide in Plant Evolution -- Solar Energy and Life -- Could Life Travel across Interplanetary Space? -- Genome Evolution and the Impact of the Physical Environment -- The Impact of Gravity on Life -- Gravity, the Atmosphere and the Evolution of Animal Locomotion -- Evolution and Low Temperatures -- Temperature, Tectonics, and Evolution -- The Interplay of Physical and Biotic Factors in Macroevolution -- The Causes of Phanerozoic Extinctions -- Drifting Continents and Life on Earth -- Land-Sea Relations and Speciation in the Marine and Terrestrial Realms -- Tectonics, Climatic Change, and the Evolution of Mammalian Ecosystems -- Ice Ages, Species Distributions, and Evolution -- Environmental Variability and Its Impace on Adaptive Evolution, with Special Reference to Human Origins -- The Younger Dryas, Climatic Change, and the Beginnings of Agriculture -- The Physical Constraints on Extraterrestrial Life. 
650 0 |a Evolution (Biology) 
650 6 |a Adaptation (Biologie) 
650 6 |a Évolution (Biologie) 
650 6 |a Terre  |x Origines. 
650 6 |a Environnement. 
650 7 |a SCIENCE  |x Life Sciences  |x Evolution. 
650 7 |a Evolution (Biology) 
650 1 7 |a Evolutietheorie. 
650 1 7 |a Fysische milieugeografie. 
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856 4 0 |a Lister, Adrian.  |u http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=195529 
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