TY - BOOK AU - Bottjer,David J. TI - Paleoecology: past, present, and future SN - 9781118455845 (pbk.) U1 - 560.45 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Chichester : PB - John Wiley & Sons, KW - Paleoecology KW - Ecology KW - Global environmental change N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Overview -- 2. Deep time and actualism in paleoecological reconstruction -- 3. Ecology, paleoecology, and evolutionary paleoecology -- 4. Taphonomy -- 5. Bioturbation and trace fossils -- 6. Microbial structures -- 7. Across the great divide: precambrian to phanerozoic paleoecology -- 8. Phanerozoic level bottom marine environments -- 9. Reefs, shell beds, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents -- 10. Pelagic ecosystems -- 11. Terrestrial ecosystems -- 12. Ecological change through time -- 13. Ecological consequences of mass extinctions -- 14. Conservation paleoecology N2 - Paleoecology is a discipline that uses evidence from fossils to provide an understanding of ancient environments and the ecological history of life through geological time ER -