Ichnoentomology Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols
This book is devoted to the ichnology of insects, and associated trace fossils, in soils and paleosols. The traces described here, mostly nests and pupation chambers, include one of the most complex architectures produced by animals. Chapters explore the&
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Jorge Fernando Genise
Ichnoentomology Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols
Topics in Geobiology
Series Editors Neil Landman Peter J. Harries
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Jorge Fernando Genise
Ichnoentomology Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols
Jorge Fernando Genise Principal Researcher National Research Council of Argentina Founder, National Ichnological Collection and Division Icnología of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales President of the First International Congress on Ichnology (Ichnia 2004)
ISSN 0275-0120 Topics in Geobiology ISBN 978-3-319-28208-4 ISBN 978-3-319-28210-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28210-7
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Dedicated to (in order of appearance): Diego, Nahuel, Sofía, Federico, Ivan, and Santiago
Foreword
In 1993, a mere year after finishing our Ph.D. theses, we traveled from Northwest Argentina to the city of Santa Rosa in the central part of the country to attend the First Argentinean Meeting of Ichnology. During the conference, we met an entomologist from the Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires by the name of Jorge Genise. This person seemed to be quite an interesting character; somebody told us that he had spent days inside a mammal-produced cave near the coastal city of Mar del Plata, looking at its scratch-ornamented walls. Jorge was essentially an entomologist by training, but his interests were clearly far and beyond insect systematics. At that time, one of our research lines was freshwater ichnology with a focus on lake systems from a geologic perspective, and Jorge was working on terrestrial ichnofaunas from a biologic standpoint. The two research lines were in perfect coordination, but
