11161

1949-

,

Peter D. Ward ; illustrations by David W. Ehlert

J. Henry Press

xiii, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index

Respiration and the Body Plans of Animal Life -- Oxygen Through Time -- Evolving Respiratory Systems as a Cause of the Cambrian Explosion -- The Ordovician: Cambrian Explosion -- The Silurian-Devonian: How an Oxygen Spike Allowed the First Conquest of Land -- The Carboniferous-Early Permian: High-oxygen, Fires and Giants -- The Permian Extinction and the Evolution of Endothermy -- The Triassic Explosion -- The Jurassic: Dinosaur Hegemony in a Low-Oxygen World -- The Cretaceous Extinction and the Rise of Large Mammals -- Should We Fear the Oxygen Future?

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861.6

.E95W37

2006

1391/09/17

,

c2006