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Welcome to ETE |
Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems ProgramThe Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (ETE) Program was formed by a group of professional researchers in paleontology who study the evolutionary paleoecology of land ecosystems. We share a conviction that long-term patterns of evolutionary change cannot be fully understood without knowledge of changes in ecology (at many scales) over geologic time periods, and an understanding of the interaction between ecological and evolutionary processes. Thus, we are interested not only in how the environment has changed, but how ecosystems themselves have changed, and how evolution has occurred in its ecological context over the last 400 million years. The ETE database captures and organizes fossil evidence concerning land biotas in support of ETE’s research objectives. The ETE Program is is affiliated with the Departments of Paleobiology and Anthropology (Human Origins Program) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.AAAS Symposium, DenverETE researchers have organized two symposia at the 2003 meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ETE members, A. K. Behrensmeyer and S. L. Wing arranged the symposium entitled, "Disruptions in Ancient Land Ecosystems: Lessons from the Fossil Record." ETE member R. Potts and A. Brooks from The George Washington University organized, "Revolution and Evolution in Modern Human Origins: When, Where, Why?" Follow the links to details on each of these symposia from the AAAS website.ETE Relational Database and ETE DataNetThe ETE relational database is now partially united with the Paleobiology Database Project's (PBDB) relational database. All primary database functions (queries, entries and updates) are available through the PBDB home page. The new combined database compiles information from the terrestrial and marine record, but lacks some of the data fields present in the original ETE database. ETE is currently updating and revising its database and web interfaces. Descriptions and a schema of the original ETE database are provided in the ETE Database Manual.ETE data sources and related links
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