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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-     Subjects     Respiration.     Dinosaurs -- Extinction.     Dinosaurs -- Evolution.     Paleoecology.     Paleobotany -- Carboniferous.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-       by title:      Out of thin air : di...       by call number:      567.9 W262o     Search the Web     Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-     Respiration.     Dinosaurs -- Extinction.     Dinosaurs -- Evolution.     Paleoecology.     Paleobotany -- Carboniferous.       MARC Display

Out of thin air : dinosaurs, birds, and earth's ancient atmosphere / Peter D. Ward ; illustrations by David W. Ehlert. by Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949- J. Henry Press, c2006. Call #: 567.9 W262o Subjects Respiration.   Dinosaurs -- Extinction.   Dinosaurs -- Evolution.   Paleoecology.   Paleobotany -- Carboniferous. URL856 Table of contents only ISBN:  9780309100618 0309100615 Description:  xiii, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index. Contents:  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? Other authors:  Ehlert, David W. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 567.9 W262o Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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