13. Biotic recovery after mass extinction events
Keynote speaker: Hugo Bucher
Organiser: Richard Twitchett, Steve Kershaw & Sylvie Crasquin
Keynote speaker: Hugo Bucher
Organiser: Richard Twitchett, Steve Kershaw & Sylvie Crasquin
The history of life on Earth has been shaped by a number of extinction events. This symposium will bring together a range of scientists working on different events and different fossil taxa, both terrestrial and marine, at a range of geographic and temporal scales. Particular emphasis will be placed on examining the similarities and differences in ecosystem response between the events, and how the biotic recovery is controlled by, or responds to, changes in climate, ocean state and palaeoenvironment.