the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
Derived forms
palaeoecological (ˌpalaeoˌecoˈlogical) or palaeoecologic (ˌpalaeoˌecoˈlogic)
adjective
palaeoecologist (ˌpalaeoeˈcologist)
noun
Examples of 'paleoecology' in a sentence
paleoecology
This extends our understanding of their paleoecology.
Manja Voss, Mohammed Sameh M. Antar, Iyad S. Zalmout, Philip D. Gingerich 2019, 'Stomach contents of the archaeocete Basilosaurus isis: Apex predator in oceans ofthe late Eocene', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0209021. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phosphate oxygen isotope composition of elasmobranch teeth served as proxies for paleotemperatures and paleoecology.
Orangel Aguilera, Zoneibe Luz, Jorge D Carrillo-Briceño, László Kocsis, Torsten WVennemann, Peter Mann de Toledo, Afonso Nogueira, Kamilla Borges Amorim, Heloísa Moraes-Santos,Marcia Reis Polck, Maria de Lourdes Ruivo, Ana Paula Linhares, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto 2017, 'Neogene sharks and rays from the Brazilian 'Blue Amazon'.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5568136?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We applied taxonomy, paleoecology, and taphonomy combined with geomorphology, stratigraphy, archeology and radiocarbon dating.
Sandrine Prat, Stéphane C Péan, Laurent Crépin, Dorothée G Drucker, Simon J Puaud,Hélène Valladas, Martina Lázničková-Galetová, Johannes van der Plicht, Alexander Yanevich 2011, 'The oldest anatomically modern humans from far southeast Europe: direct dating, cultureand behavior.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3117838?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results enhance our understanding of sclerobiont colonization over modern and paleoecology perspectives.
Vanessa Ochi Agostini, Matias do Nascimento Ritter, Alexandre José Macedo, Erik Muxagata,Fernando Erthal 2017, 'What determines sclerobiont colonization on marine mollusk shells?', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0184745. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diatoms are unicellular algae that are used extensively in paleoecology.
Retnaningsih Soeprobowati Tri, Widodo Agung Suedy Sri, Hadiyanto 2018, 'Find the future from the past: Paleolimnology in Indonesia', E3S Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183108002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Studies in this area are rare and directed to paleoecology and paleoetnobotany.
Francielli Rodrigues Ribeiro Batista, Ramiro Faria França, Graciela Inés Bolzon Muñiz,Silvana Nisgoski 2012, 'Copaifera cf. langsdorfii Desf. AND Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Wild. CHARCOAL ANATOMY',Ciência da Madeirahttp://www.ufpel.tche.br/revistas/index.php/cienciadamadeira/article/view/124. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These feeding behaviors can subsequently be tied to paleoecology, such that non-selective,ground-height behaviors are restricted to open, savanna-type environments.
John A Whitlock 2011, 'Inferences of diplodocoid (Sauropoda: Dinosauria) feeding behavior from snout shapeand microwear analyses.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3071828?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Azhdarchid pterosaurs were among the most widespread and successful of pterosaur clades, but their paleoecology remains controversial.
Mark P Witton, Darren Naish 2008, 'A reappraisal of azhdarchid pterosaur functional morphology and paleoecology.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2386974?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)