古生态学研究方法

NEW APPROACHES TO PALEOECOLOGY

本文系统介绍了当前国际古生态学研究的新方法、理论和发展趋势,总结出10个主要方面,即实证古生物学、形态功能分析、埋藏学、定量古生态学、遗迹学、古生态—岩相综合分析、群落古生态学、生态地层学、地球化学在古生态中的应用和陆相地层的古生态学.作者较详细地介绍了这10个方面的研究方法和目前国际上的研究现状和主要成果.

: This paper systematically presents a brief introduction to the new research methods, hypotheses and recent tendencies in the paleoecological study, including 10 aspects, i. e. the uniformitarianism; morphological functional analysis; taphonomy; quantitative paleo-ecology; Ichnology; paleoecologic-lithological synthesis; community paleoecology; ecostratigraphy; geochemical methods applied in paleoecology and lastly terrestrial paleoecology.