Biotic Crises in Ecological and Evolutionary Time

Content: 
Academic Press Rapid Manuscript Reproduction, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Page vii
PREFACE, Page ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Page xi, M.H.N.
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS A CRISIS?, Pages 1-12, David M. Raup
THE ASTROPHYSICAL FRAMEWORK OF LIFE, Pages 13-37, David N. Schramm
PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE LIFE OF PLANTS, Pages 39-52, Hugh M. Raup
COMMUNITY EFFECTS OF INTRODUCED SPECIES, Pages 53-81, Daniel Simberloff
THE PRE-PHANEROZOIC BIOSPHERE - THREE BILLION YEARS OF CRISES AND OPPORTUNITIES, Pages 83-102, Stanley M. Awramik
CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS IN THE BIOSPHERE, Pages 103-131, Alfred G. Fischer
THE GREAT AMERICAN INTERCHANGE – AN INVASION INDUCED CRISIS FOR SOUTH AMERICAN MAMMALS, Pages 133-229, Larry G. Marshall
LIVING WITH CRISES: HUMAN PERCEPTION OF PROCESS AND TIME, Pages 231-267, Michael E. Moseley, Robert A. Feldman, Charles R. Ortloff
LISTENING TO A SYMPOSIUM - A SUMMARY AND PROSPECTUS, Pages 269-288, Lawrence B. Slobodkin
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 289-292
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 293-301