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Preferred term

paleoecology

Definition

[Wikipedia, 2013-10-01] Paleoecology uses data from fossils and subfossils to reconstruct the ecosystems of the past. It involves the study of fossil organisms and their associated remains, including their life cycle, living interactions, natural environment, and manner of death and burial to reconstruct the paleoenvironment.

Broader concept

ecology

Narrower concepts

fossil record
fossil wood
plant macrofossil

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

0000-0003-0320-0692

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21706

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 1/13/23

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