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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28070| Title: | Nature Red Tooth and Claw: Studies of Extinct and Extant Arthropod Predator-Prey Systems | Contributor(s): | Bicknell, Russell Dean Christopher (author) ; Wroe, Stephen (supervisor) ; Paterson, John R (supervisor) |
Conferred Date: | 2019-07-08 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28070 | Related Research Outputs: | https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12365 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2017.12.001 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191400 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1935 https://doi.org/10.26879/866 https://doi.org/10.3374/014.060.0102 https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2017.055 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.12.013 https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12365 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2017.12.001 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191400 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1935 https://doi.org/10.26879/866 https://doi.org/10.3374/014.060.0102 https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2017.055 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.12.013 |
Abstract: | Records of Cambrian predation have long been recognised as unequivocal evidence for the earliest predator-prey systems. However, Cambrian predation has been somewhat poorly documented in a numerical and comparative context - a problem rectified in this thesis. The first quantitative, model-based evidence illustrating how effective Cambrian predators were at shell crushing is presented. The modern day horseshoe crab is used to understand how Cambrian prey responded to attacks. Finally, the previously purported right-side injury bias observed on Cambrian trilobites is redressed using single fossil deposits and single species - this approach reveals no right-side bias. | Publication Type: | Thesis Doctoral | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 040308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) 060206 Palaeoecology |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 370506 Palaeontology (incl. palynology) 310999 Zoology not elsewhere classified 370506 Palaeontology (incl. palynology) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences 280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences |
HERDC Category Description: | T2 Thesis - Doctorate by Research | Description: | Russell Dean Christopher Bicknell was awarded the Chancellor's Doctoral Research Medal on the 8th July, 2019. Datasets associated with the thesis can be accessed on Research UNE: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28071 |
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| Appears in Collections: | School of Environmental and Rural Science School of Science and Technology Thesis Doctoral |
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