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Front Matter (R1-R16)

Overview and Recommendations (1-20)

1. Oxygen and Proterozoic Evolution: An Update (21-33)

2. Impact of Late Ordovician Glaciation-Deglaciation on Marine Life (34-46)

3. Global Change Leading to Biodiversity Crisis in a Greenhouse World: The Cenomanian-Turonian (Cretaceous) Mass Extinction (47-71)

4. Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) Mass Extinction: Effect of Global Change on Calcareous Microplankton (72-93)

5. Terminal Paleocene Mass Extinction in the Deep Sea: Association with Global Warming (94-107)

6. Tropical Climate Stability and Implications for the Distribution of Life (108-117)

7. Neogene Ice Age in the North Atlantic Region: Climatic Changes, Biotic Effects, and Forcing Factors (118-133)

8. The Response of Hierarchically Structured Ecosystems to Long-Term Climate Change: A Case Study Using Tropical Peat Swamps of Pennsylvanian Age (134-155)

9. The Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of Vegetation and Climate at Northern and Couthern High Latitudes: A Comparison (156-173)

10. The Impact of Climatic Changes on the Development of the Australian Flora (174-183)

11. Global Climatic Influence on Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas (184-208)

12. Biotic Responses to Temperature and Salinity Changes During Last Deglaciation, Gulf of Mexico (209-220)

13. Pollen Records of Late Quaternary Vegetation Change: Plant Community Rearrangements and Evolutionary Implications (221-232)

14. Climatic Forcing and the Origin of the Human Genus (233-244)

Index (245-250)