Planet of the bugs : evolution and the rise of insects / Scott Richard Shaw.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xiv, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmISBN: 022632575X; 9780226325750Subject(s): Insects -- Evolution | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution (Biology) | Insects -- EvolutionDDC classification: 595.7 LOC classification: QL468.7 | .S53 2015| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Time travel with insects -- The buggy planet -- Rise of the arthropods : the Cambrian period, 541-485 million years ago, and the Ordovician period, 485-444 million years ago -- Silurian landfall : the Silurian period, 444-419 million years ago -- Six feet under the moss : the Devonian period, 419-359 million years ago -- Dancing on air : the Carboniferous period, 359-299 million years ago -- Paleozoic holocaust : the Permian period, 299-252 million years ago -- Triassic spring : the Triassic period, 252-201 million years ago -- Picnicking in Jurassic park : the Jurassic period, 201-145 million years ago -- Cretaceous bloom and doom : the Cretaceous period, 145-66 million years ago -- Cenozoic reflections : the Cenozoic era, 66 million years ago to the present day -- Postscript : the buggy universe hypothesis.
Chronicles the evolution of insects and explains how evolutionary innovations have enabled them to disperse widely, occupy narrow niches, and survive global catastrophes. --Publisher's description.
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