palaeoecology


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palaeoecology

(ˌpælɪəʊɪˈkɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Palaeontology) the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
ˌpalaeoˌecoˈlogical, ˌpalaeoˌecoˈlogic adj
ˌpalaeoeˈcologist n

paleoecology, palaeoecology

the branch of ecology that studies the relationship of ancient plants and animals to their environments. — paleoecologic, palaeoecologic, paleoecological, palaeoecological, adj.
See also: Environment
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Noun1.palaeoecology - the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology
paleoecology
bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
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Jose Ignacio fue miembro del consejo editorial de la revista Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, del comite cientifico de PAGES (Past Global Changes--IGBP), y miembro correspondiente de la Academia Colombiana de las Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales.
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Bartolini A (2015): New insights in the pattern and timing of the Early Jurassic calcareous nannofossil crisis, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 427: 100-108.
The hydrocarbon source rocks of the Pliensbachian (early Jurassic) in the Asturian Basin (northern Spain): their relationship with the palaeoclimatic oscillations and gamma-ray response
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The reconstruction of palaeoecology of ungulate remains is largely dependent on their palaeodietary inferences (Bibi and Gulec 2008).
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Palaeo, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 153 Elsevier Science.
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The research team from PALAEO (Centre for Human Palaeoecology and Evolutionary Origins) and the Department of Archaeology at York, found that Neanderthal childhood experience was subtly different from that of their modern human counterparts in that it had a greater focus on social relationships within their group.
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Palaeoecology of Late Cretaceous polar vegetation preserved in the Hansen Point Volcanics, NW Ellesmere Island, Canada.
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