Paleontology and ecology: Their common origins and later split

Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 9-22

  Wilkinson, David M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charles lyell; Ecological niche; Extinction; Gaia; Georges cuvier; James lovelock; Leonardo da vinci; Marie stopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009182404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25038-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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