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02761cam a2200493 a 4500 001 5C29A3502B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20181108012225 008 060620s2006 dcua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006020396 020 $a 9780309100618 (cloth) 020 $a 0309100615 (cloth) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d GK8 $d C#P $d EYE $d UKM $d IXA $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BUR $d VP@ $d NLGGC $d NOR $d IWV $d SILO 050 00 $a QE861.6.E95 $b W37 2006 082 00 $a 567.9 $2 22 084 $a 38.20 $2 bcl 084 $a 38.82 $2 bcl 084 $a 42.21 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Ward, Peter Douglas, $d 1949- 245 1 $a Out of thin air : $b dinosaurs, birds, and Earth's ancient atmosphere / $c Peter D. Ward ; illustrations by David W. Ehlert. 260 $a Washington, D.C. : $b J. Henry Press, $c c2006. 300 $a xiii, 282 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index. 520 $a Discusses the effect of changing oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere on evolution and mass extinctions, and presents the theory that saurischian dinosaurs were able to weather two mass extinctions because of a new, more efficient respiratory system, which was in turn inherited by their descendants the birds. 505 00 $t Index. $t Acknowledgments -- $t Introduction -- $g 11. $t Respiration and the body plans of animal life -- $g 2. $t Oxygen through time -- $g 3. $t Evolving respiratory systems as a cause of the Cambrian Explosion -- $g 4. The $t Ordovician : Cambrian Explosion part 2 -- $g 5. The $t Silurian-Devonian : how an oxygen spike allowed the first conquest of land -- $g 6. The $t Carboniferous-early Permian : high-oxygen, fires and giants -- $g 7. The $t Permian extinction and the evolution of endothermy -- $g 8. The $t Triassic explosion -- $g 9. The $t Jurassic : dinosaur hegemony in a low-oxygen world -- $g 10. The $t Cretaceous extinction and the rise of large mammals -- $g 11. $t Should we fear the oxygen future? -- $t References -- $t Appendix -- $t Index. 650 0 $a Dinosaurs $x Extinction. 650 0 $a Dinosaurs $x Evolution. 650 0 $a Paleoecology. 650 0 $a Paleobotany $y Carboniferous. 650 17 $a Dinosaurussen. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Klimaatveranderingen. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Zuurstof. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Vogels. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Evolutionaire biologie. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Theorievorming. $2 gtt 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006020396.html 941 $a 5 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314030731.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170907012645.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5C29A3502B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search