TY - BOOK AU - Ward,Peter Douglas ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Out of thin air: dinosaurs, birds, and Earth's ancient atmosphere AV - QE861.6.E95 W37 2006eb U1 - 567.9 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - J. Henry Press KW - Dinosaurs KW - Extinction KW - Evolution KW - Paleoecology KW - Paleobotany KW - Carboniferous KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10146766 ER -