By
S.A. Elias, Royal Holloway, University of London, U.K.
Description
Advances in Quaternary Entomology addresses the science of fossil insects by demonstrating their immense contribution to our knowledge
of the paleoenvironmental and climatological record of the past 2.6 million years. In this comprehensive survey of the field, Scott A.
Elias recounts development of scholarship, reviews the fossil insect record from Quaternary deposits throughout the world, and points
to rewarding areas for future research. The study of Quaternary entomology is becoming an important tool in understanding past environmental
changes. Most insects are quite specific as to habitat requirements, and those in non-island environments have undergone almost no evolutionary
change in the Quaternary period. We therefore can use their modern ecological requirements as a basis for interpreting what past environments
must have been like.
Included in series
Developments in Quaternary Science
Audience:
Primary Audience:Researchers and professionals in quaternary geology, glaciology and quaternary entomology,
Secondary Audience:Researchers in paleontology, ecology, environmental archaeology.
