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List of Tables and Figures | |
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Preface | |
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List of Conference Participants | |
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Evolutionary Paleoecology | |
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Introduction | |
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The Methods of Evolutionary Paleoecology | |
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Taphonomy | |
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Ecological Characterization of Extinct Species | |
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Ecological Characterization of Past Communities: Synchronic Features | |
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Ecological Characterization of Past Communities: Diachronic Features | |
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Conclusion References | |
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Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes | |
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Introduction | |
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Coastal Environments | |
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Offshore | |
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Beaches | |
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Lagoons and Other Back-Barrier Settings | |
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Estuaries | |
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Fluvial and Deltaic Environments | |
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Channels: Basal Lags and Bars | |
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Abandoned Channel Fills | |
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Levees | |
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Floodplains | |
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Crevasse Splays | |
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Interdistributary Bays | |
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Lacustrine Environments | |
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Oxygen-Depleted Large Lakes | |
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Oxygen-Depleted Small, Deep Lakes | |
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Oxygen-Depleted Small, Shallow Lakes | |
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Oxygenatednbsp; Large Lakes | |
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Oxygenated Small Lakes | |
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Volcanigenic Environments | |
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Explosive Events | |
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Primary Airfall | |
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Lacustrine Volcaniclastics | |
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Eolian Environments | |
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Dunes and Interdunes | |
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Loess | |
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Other Contexts for Organic Preservation | |
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Traps | |
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Burrows | |
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Feces and Regurgitates | |
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Middens | |
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Archeological Accumulations | |
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Springs | |
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Peat-Forming Environments | |
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Charcoal Deposits | |
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Mud Slides and Flash Floods | |
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Time and Space Resolution in the Fossil Record | |
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Time Resolution and Completeness | |
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Methods for Assessing Time Resolution | |
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Spatial Resolution | |
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Resolution in the Taphonomic Modes | |
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Change through Time in the Taphonomic Modes | |
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Effects of Area | |
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Consequence of Environmental Change | |
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Changes in Taphonomic Processes | |
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Conclusion References | |
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Ecological Characteristics of Fossil Plants | |
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Introduction | |
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Autecology of Extinct Plants | |
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Inferring Autecology from Functional Morphology | |
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Inferring Autecology from Living Relatives | |
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Inferring Autecology from Sedimentary Environment | |
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Methods of Sampling and Analysis at the Community Level | |
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Sampling Compression-Impression Assemblages | |
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Sampling Permineralized Peats | |
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Sampling Microfossils | |
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Taphonomy and Effective Sampling Radius | |
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Analytical Methods | |
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Synecology of Extinct Vegetation | |
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Synchronic Features of Extinct Vegetation | |
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Comparison of Communities across Time | |
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Ecological Interpretation of Morphology at the Community Level | |
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Ecological Categories | |
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Conclusion References | |
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Taxon-Free Characterization of Animal Communities | |
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Introduction: Taxon-Free Characterizations | |
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One Approach to Taxon-Free Characterization | |
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Ecomorphology and Ecological Types | |
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Functional Morphology and Autecological Inference | |
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Continuous versus Category Variables | |
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A Basic Set of Ecological Variables and Categories | |
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Analyses Using Ecological Types | |
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Complementary Approaches and Higher-Level Inferences References | |
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Paleozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems | |
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Introduction | |
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The Ordovician | |
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The Silurian | |
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The Early to Middle Devonian | |
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Plants | |
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Animals | |
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Synthesis | |
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The Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous | |
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Plants | |
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Animals | |
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Synthesis | |
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The Late Carboniferous: Westphalian and Stephanian | |
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Plants | |
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Invertebrates | |
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Vertebrates | |
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Synthesis | |
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The Permian | |
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Plants | |
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Arthropods | |
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Vertebrates | |
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Synthesis | |
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Paleozoic Summary and Discussion | |
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Ecosystem Stability and Persistence | |
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Conclusions References | |
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Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems | |
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Introduction | |
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Triassic Biotas | |
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Triassic Vegetation of Laurasia | |
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Triassic Vegetation o | |