paleoecologists

And there is yet another entry in the when-did-the-Anthropocene-begin conversation, coming from paleoecologists such as Paul Martin, well-known among the fraternity of scientists who are busy tracing the ecosystem-transforming impacts of humanity back even farther yet into shadowy reaches of prehistory, into times long before people made the revolutionary discovery of how to plant seeds and harvest plants.

The Making of a New Biophilia: Evolutionary Governance and the Modern Creation Myth By Walter Truett Anderson William Harryman 2009

The presence of 'dune fields' beneath the forest indicates that the area may have become dry enough to turn into desert, although this is quite controversial and not accepted by all paleoecologists.

Central Congolian lowland forests 2007

The paleoecologists make a similar error all the time when looking for relationships between past insect outbreaks and weather.

Stumped in Alberta « Climate Audit 2006

Mr. McIntyre, you correctly point out a problem with some paleoecologists, but you fail to suggest a constructive solution.

Rocky Mountain High #2 « Climate Audit 2006

In 1970 a team of paleoecologists working in the Konya area had measured the water table near Çatalhöyük and found that it was less than a meter from the surface.

The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005

By studying how plants and animals responded to prior climate upheavals, paleoecologists hope to shed light on what might be in store for us in years to come.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

Whatever happened, paleoecologists estimate that 90 percent of marine species and a goodly fraction of terrestrial species died.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

But for paleoecologists, the most interesting observation is that with each advance and retreat of the ocean, the same groups of species returned, forming very similar ecosystems, again and again and again.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

Because here I am, reading over this swell little science item that whipped through the newswires recently, all about how some paleoecologists just discovered some stunning prehistoric feathers locked in a tiny hunk of amber they calculate to be about, oh, 70 million years old.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mark Morford 2011

Because here I am, reading over this swell little science item that whipped through the newswires recently, all about how some paleoecologists just discovered some stunning prehistoric feathers locked in a tiny hunk of amber they calculate to be about, oh, 70 million years old.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By Mark Morford 2011