商品簡介
Poinar (nematology, Oregon State U.) presents his extensive knowledge of fossil nematodes, including 33 newly identified fossil genera and 66 new species from amber, in this volume intended for students, teachers and researchers of nematology and related fields. He follows a short exploration of the benefits of studying nematodes preserved in amber, rock deposits, trace fossils, and coprolites, with an in-depth description of the known fossil nematodes, cataloged by geologic period and including extensive photos and information regarding their anatomy, host species, movement, maturation and reproduction. He closes with a consideration of the topics of questionable fossil descriptions and misleading artifacts, the chronological origins of nematodes and the evolution of parasitism, and types of additional evidence to be gleaned exclusively from the fossil nematode record. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
George O. Poinar Jr obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University where he specialised in insect-parasitic nematodes. He then conducted postdoctoral investigations with nematologists in England, France and The Netherlands. During his 30 years at UC Berkeley, Dr Poinar conducted research on nematode parasites of invertebrates and began investigating amber fossils. He is currently continuing these studies at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. Dr Poinar has published extensively on nematodes as well as amber fossils and has authored or co-authored several books on the subjects. The present work is a fusion of his interest in nematodes and amber.
