… may become fossilized in Quaternary deposits. Almost all non… and the ability of a Quaternary
paleontologist to identify these … used groups in Cuaternary ecology, this paper discusses the …

Ostracodes that have lived in lakes, ponds, and streams are recovered as fossil shells from
lacustrine and some fluvial sediments. Knowing some details of the physical and chemical …

… in Quaternary … in Quaternary studies, significant methodological and interpretive problems
remain to be resolved. In this paper, I outline the basic principles and methods of Quaternary …

… for the preservation of Quaternary plant macrofossils; however, … the beginning of modern
Quaternary plant macrofossil analyses … on the basis of Quaternary plant macrofossil records in …

Cladocera are among the best represented groups of aquatic invertebrates that leave fossils
in lake sediments. The skeletal fragments of Cladocera are abundant, can be identified to …

… Quaternary sediments. The fragments can be readily identified to species, and no fossils found
in Quaternary … available from living populations, the Quaternary record of fossil mosses is …

… A successful research design first defines the scale at which the phenomenon of interest
can be observed, and then selects methods of analysis appropriate to resolving ecological …

… Quaternary, the key radiometric dating method involves radiocarbon and calibration of the
14C method … The problem of extinction is a key one in both ecology and palaeoecology. What …

Summary The original fascination of scholars with Quaternary … The dominant place occupied
by Quaternary vertebrates in … Although many of the larger Quaternary mammals became …

… The history and methods of Quaternary palaeobotany are briefly reviewed. The importance
of ecology for the interpretation of palaeobotanical data is emphasized, and examples of …