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020 $a0691028885 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQE742$b.P64 1999
082 00 $a560/.45/097293$221
100 1 $aPoinar, George O.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77010686
245 14 $aThe amber forest :$ba reconstruction of a vanished world /$cGeorge Poinar, Jr., and Roberta Poinar ; with photographs and drawings by the authors.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $axviii, 239 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction.$tFrom Where and Whence.$tWhy Select Amber for Study?$tHow Biased Are Amber Samples?$tStructure of Tropical Forests --$g2.$tThe Amber Forest.$tThe Plants.$tPlant-Feeding Insects.$tAquatic Biota.$tSocial Insects.$tPredators.$tParasites and parasitoids.$tVertebrates --$g3.$tReconstruction of the Amber Forest --$g4.$tAmber Today.$tHandling, Photographing, and Preserving Amber.$tAmber Imitations and Forgeries.$tTissue Preservation and Ancient DNA in Amber.$gApp. A.$tFrequency of Organisms in Dominican Amber --$gApp. B.$tBiota in Dominican Amber.
520 1 $a"George and Roberta Poinar are world leaders in the study of amber fossils and have spent years examining the uniquely rich supply that has survived from the ancient forests of the Dominican Republic. They draw on their research here to reconstruct in words, drawings, and spectacular color photographs the ecosystem that existed on the island of Hispaniola between fifteen and forty-five million years ago.
520 8 $aThe result is the most accurate picture scientists have yet produced of any tropical forest of the past."--BOOK JACKET. "The Poinars present richly detailed drawings of how the forests once appeared. They discuss how and when life colonized Hispaniola and what caused some forms to become extinct. Along the way, they describe how amber is formed, how and where it has been preserved, and how it is mined, sold, and occasionally forged for profit today."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAmber fossils$zDominican Republic.
650 0 $aAmber$zDominican Republic.
650 0 $aPaleoecology$zDominican Republic.
700 1 $aPoinar, Roberta.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94007199
852 00 $boff,sci$hQE742$i.P64 1999