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Geotourism and Geoconservation on the Isle of Wight, UK: Balancing Science with Commerce [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2018
The Isle of Wight has a rich and varied geological heritage which attracts scientists, tourists and fossil collectors, both private and commercial. Each party has a role to play in geoconservation and geotourism, but a policy on the long term curation of
Martin Simpson
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CSVP 2016 Abstracts

Vertebrate Anatomy, Morphology, Palaeontology, 2016
volume for Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2016 ...
Alison M Murray
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The potential of palaeontology for science education

Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education, 2019
Science education frequently portrays science as a monolithic and experimental endeavour. Here, we argue that to counteract this simplistic conception of science, a reintroduction of the historically oriented sciences is in order. To this end, we analyse
Eliza Jarl Estrup, Marianne Achiam
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History matters : ecometrics and integrative climate change biology [PDF]

, 2011
Climate change research is increasingly focusing on the dynamics among species, ecosystems and climates. Better data about the historical behaviours of these dynamics are urgently needed.
Polly, P. David, Eronen, Jussi, Fred, Marianne, Dietl, Gregory P., Mosbrugger, Volker, Scheidegger, Christoph, Frank, David C., Damuth, John, Stenseth, Nils C., Fortelius, Mikael   +9 more
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Telling Time With Mammoths

Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2023
Until recent decades, permafrost-preserved frozen mammoths were among the rarest of scientific specimens: only one was successfully collected between 1806 and 1902.
Rebecca Woods
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Some new ichnospecies stored in the Geological Department of the National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine

Geo&Bio, 2021
During the last decades, many scientists worldwide have focused on the study of activity signs of animals. Such signs of various animals have appeared in the geological history since Ediacaran rocks and can be found until today.
Volodymyr Grytsenko
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Was There a Cambrian Explosion on Land? The Case of Arthropod Terrestrialization

Biology, 2022
Arthropods, the most diverse form of macroscopic life in the history of the Earth, originated in the sea. Since the early Cambrian, at least ~518 million years ago, these animals have dominated the oceans of the world.
Erik Tihelka, Richard J. Howard, Chenyang Cai, Jesus Lozano-Fernandez   +3 more
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The position of graptolites within Lower Palaeozoic planktic ecosystems. [PDF]

, 1993
An integrated approach has been used to assess the palaeoecology of graptolites both as a discrete group and also as a part of the biota present within Ordovician and Silurian planktic realms.
Allison P.A., Baker A. de C., Bates D.E.B., Beckly A.J., Bergstrom J., Berry W.B.N., Berry W.B.N., Berry W.B.N., Bjerreskov M., Brenchley, Briggs D.E.G., Bulman O.M.B., Bulman O.M.B., Bulman O.M.D., Cloud P., Colbath G.K., Conway Morris S., Conway Morris S., Conway Morris S., Conway Morris S., Conway Morris S., Cooper R.A., Crowther P.R., Crowther P.R., Elles G.L., Erdtmann B.D., Erdtmann B.D., Erdtmann B.D., Finney S.C., Fortey R.A., Fortey R.A., Fortey R.A., Fortey R.A., Gurich G., Herr S.H., Jackson D.E., Jager H., Jager H., Kemp A.E.S., Kirk N. H., Kirk N.H., Kirk N.H., Kirk N.H., Koren T.N., Kozlowski R., Kozlowski R., Koztowski R., Koztowski R., Koztowski R., Leggett J.K., Lenz A.C., Loydell D.K., Mauchline J., Nicholson H.A., Palmer D., Rickards R.B., Rickards R.B., Rickards R.B., Rickards R.B., Rickards R.B., Rickards R.B., Rigby S., Rigby S., Rigby S., Rosen B.R., Ruedemann R., Semina H.J., Sheehan P.M., Siveter D.J., Stormer L., Towe K.M., Tsudy D.M., Urbanek A., Urbanek A., Urbanek A., Walters M., Wells M.J., Whittington H.B., Williams S.H., Williams S.H., Williams S.H., Williams S.H., Williams S.H., Winston J.E., Zalasiewicz J.A., Ziegler A.M.   +85 more
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Palaeoepidemiology in extinct vertebrate populations: factors influencing skeletal health in Jurassic marine reptiles [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Palaeoepidemiological studies related to palaeoecology are rare, but have the potential to provide information regarding ecosystem-level characteristics by measuring individual health.
Judith M. Pardo-Pérez, Benjamin Kear, Erin E. Maxwell   +2 more
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Open-air paleontological sites: A Dissemination Opportunity and a Risk to Spoliation. A Case Study in the Orígens Geopark, Spain. [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2021
Visits to paleontological sites are one of the most popular geotourism activities, but their appeal may have drawbacks. Deciding which sites are suitable for dissemination and appropriate measures for their optimal conservation can be complex.
Isabel Blasi, Xavier Pellicer, Joan Poch, Angel Galobart   +3 more
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