01912nam a2200349 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002300112020001800135040002100153035002100174050002800195082001400223100003200237245014800269260004800417300002500465504006400490505056400554533015201118650002701270650002601297650001801323650003201341655002901373710001701402856012601419999001701545ebr10146766CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||060620s2006    dcua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2006020396  z0309100615 (cloth)  z9780309100618  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)56048288814aQE861.6.E95bW37 2006eb04a567.92221 aWard, Peter Douglas,d1949-10aOut of thin airh[electronic resource] :bdinosaurs, birds, and Earth's ancient atmosphere /cPeter D. Ward ; illustrations by David W. Ehlert.  aWashington, D.C. :bJ. Henry Press,cc2006.  axiii, 282 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.0 aRespiration 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?  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aDinosaursxExtinction. 0aDinosaursxEvolution. 0aPaleoecology. 0aPaleobotanyyCarboniferous. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10146766zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c88094d88094