‘Steve Brusatte, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, brings mammals out from the shadow of their more showy predecessors in a beautifully written book that . . . makes the case for them as creatures who are just as engaging as dinosaurs.’ – The Sunday Times, ‘Best Books For Summer’ The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history. They – or, more precisely, we – originated around the same time as the dinosaurs, over 200 million years ago; mammal roots lie even further back, some 325 million years. Over these immense stretches of geological time, mammals developed their trademark features: hair, keen senses of smell and hearing, big brains and sharp intelligence, fast growth and warm-blooded metabolism, a distinctive line-up of teeth (canines, incisors, premolars, molars), mammary glands that mothers use to nourish their babies with milk, qualities that have underlain their success story. Out of this long and rich evolutionary history came the mammals of today, including our own species and our closest cousins. But today’s 6,000 mammal species - the egg-laying monotremes including the platypus, marsupials such as kangaroos and koalas that raise their tiny babies in pouches, and placentals like us, who give birth to well-developed young – are simply the few survivors of a once verdant family tree, which has been pruned both by time and mass extinctions. In The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, palaeontologist Steve Brusatte weaves together the history and evolution of our mammal forebears with stories of the scientists whose fieldwork and discoveries underlie our knowledge, both of iconic mammals like the mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers of which we have all heard, and of fascinating species that few of us are aware of. For what we see today is but a very limited range of the mammals that have existed; in this fascinating and ground-breaking book, Steve Brusatte tells their – and our – story.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The world the scaly creatures lived in was changing. The swamp forest was being invaded by the sea. The small creatures were one of hundreds of animal species that had called the swamp forest home. #2 The story of mammal evolution is the result of two lines of evidence. Paleontologists have two key lines of evidence to prove that around 325 million years ago, there were small, scale-covered critters that lived in lush swamp forests that were frequently inundated by rising seas. #3 The second type of evidence is all around us. It doesn’t require any special skill to find, and it’s DNA, which we and all other organisms carry inside of our cells. DNA is the blueprint that makes us what we are, the genetic code that controls what our bodies look like, our physiology and growth, and how we produce future generations. #4 The Pennsylvanian period was the first time that the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia came together. It was also the first time that trees grew to be large enough to be called forests, and the first time that many mosquitoes and other small animals evolved.

Traces the development of vertebrates, looks at fossil animals, and describes the forces that shape evolution.

INDEX CHAPTER 1 : ENVIRONMENT, HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEM………………………………………………………..1-2 CHAPTER 2 : ECOLOGY- PRINCIPLES AND ORGANIZATIONS……………………………………………………..3-4 CHAPTER 3 : FUNCTIONS OF AN ECOSYSTEM…………………………………………………………………………..5-6 CHAPTER 4 : ENERGY FLOW THROUGH AN ECOSYSTEM- TROPHIC LEVELS……………………………….7-9 CHAPTER 5: BIOGEO- CHEMICAL CYCLING OR NUTRIENT CYCLING…………………….………………….10-12 CHAPTER 6 : NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS…………………………………………………………………………………....13-17 CHAPTER 7 : WETLAND ECOSYSTEM………………………………………………………………………………………18-22 CHAPTER 8 : EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE…………………………………………………………………………23-26 CHAPTER 9: BIODIVERSITY & ITS LOSS……………………………………………………………………………………27-30 CHAPTER 10 : BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION………………………………………………………………………..31-34 CHAPTER 11 : WILDLIFE CONSERVATION- PART I……………………………………………………………………35-38 CHAPTER 12 : WILDLIFE CONSERVATION – PART II…………………………………………………………………39-42 CHAPTER 13 : GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION………43-46 CHAPTER 14 : AIR POLLUTION……………………………………………………………………………………………….47-49 CHAPTER 15 :EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION……………………………………………………………………………..50-53 CHAPTER 16 : PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION……………………………………………..54-58 CHAPTER 17 : WATER POLLUTION AND MARINE POLLUTION…………………………………………………59-61 CHAPTER 18 : WATER POLLUTION EFFECTS AND CONTROL MEASURES………………………………….62-65 CHAPTER 19 : RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION……………………………………………………………………………….66-67 CHAPTER 20 : SOLID WASTES………………………………………………………………………………………………..68-70 CHAPTER 21 : HAZARDOUS WASTE……………………………………………………………………………………….71-73 CHAPTER 22 : E-WASTE OR ELECTRONIC WASTE……………………………………………………………………74-75 CHAPTER 23 : LAND DEGRADATION………………………………………………………………………………………76-81 CHAPTER 24 : GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE…………………………………………………….82-86 CHAPTER 25 : IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING……………………………………………………………………….87-92 CHAPTER 26 : CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION……………………………………………………………………….93-95 CHAPTER 27 : INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONVENTIONS ,NGOS AND LAWS- PART 1.96-100 CHAPTER 28 : INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONVENTIONS ,NGOs AND LAWS – PART 2..101-104 CHAPTER 29 : NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION – PART 1…………………………………..105-109 CHAPTER 30 : NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION – PART 2………………………………..110-114 CHAPTER 31 : GREEN REVOLUTION, SUSTAINABLE AND MODERN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES….115-120 CHAPTER 32 : SOURCES OF ENERGY……………………………………………………………………………………121-126 CHAPTER 33 : WATER CONSERVATION……………………………………………………………………………….127-130 CHAPTER 34 : BIODIVERSITY OF INDIA………………………………………………………………………………..131-133 CHAPTER 35 : INDIA STATE OF FOREST REPORT (ISFR) 2021………………………………………………..134-135 CHAPTER 36 : PROTECTED AREA NETWORK………………………………………………………………………..136-148

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition, sedimentology, paleo-tectonics, and non-dinosaurian Mesozoic life are discussed. There is a special opportunity to capitalize on the enthusiasm for dinosaurs that students bring to classrooms to foster a deeper engagement in all sciences. Students are encouraged to synthesize information, employ critical thinking, construct hypotheses, devise methods to test these hypotheses, and come to new defensible conclusions, just as paleontologists do. Key Features Clear and easy to read dinosaur text with well-defined terminology Over 600 images and diagrams to illustrate concepts and aid learning Reading objectives for each chapter section to guide conceptual learning and encourage active reading Companion website (teachingdinosaurs.com) that includes supporting materials such as in-class activities, question banks, lists of suggested specimens, and more to encourage student participation and active learning Ending each chapter with a specific "What We Don’t Know" section to encourage student curiosity Related Titles Singer, R. Encyclopedia of Paleontology (ISBN 978-1-884964-96-1) Fiorillo, A. R. Alaska Dinosaurs: An Ancient Arctic World (ISBN 978-1-138-06087-6) Caldwell, M. W. The Origin of Snakes: Morphology and the Fossil Record (ISBN 978-1-4822-5134-0)