01912nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10146766 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060620s2006 dcua sb 001 0 eng 2006020396 0309100615 (cloth) 9780309100618 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560482888 QE861.6.E95 W37 2006eb 567.9 22 Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949- Out of thin air [electronic resource] : dinosaurs, birds, and Earth's ancient atmosphere / Peter D. Ward ; illustrations by David W. Ehlert. Washington, D.C. : J. Henry Press, c2006. xiii, 282 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index. Respiration and the Body Plans of Animal Life -- Oxygen Through Time -- Evolving Respiratory Systems as a Cause of the Cambrian Explosion -- The Ordovician: Cambrian Explosion -- The Silurian-Devonian: How an Oxygen Spike Allowed the First Conquest of Land -- The Carboniferous-Early Permian: High-oxygen, Fires and Giants -- The Permian Extinction and the Evolution of Endothermy -- The Triassic Explosion -- The Jurassic: Dinosaur Hegemony in a Low-Oxygen World -- The Cretaceous Extinction and the Rise of Large Mammals -- Should We Fear the Oxygen Future? Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Dinosaurs Extinction. Dinosaurs Evolution. Paleoecology. Paleobotany Carboniferous. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10146766 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 88094 88094