Advances in Quaternary Entomology

1. The History of Quaternary Insect Studies
2. Methods
3. Important fossil insect groups and their identification
4. The Value of Insects in Paleoecology
5. Paleoclimatic Studies Using Insects
6. Insect Zoogeography in the Quaternary
7. The Use of Insect Fossils in Archeology
8. European Studies
9. Siberian Studies
10. Eastern Beringian Studies
11. Other Studies in the New World
12. Japanese Studies
13. Studies in Australia and New Zealand
14. Beetle Chitin Isotope Studies
15. Ancient DNA Studies
16. Conclusions and Prospectus

Scott Elias grew up in Colorado, in the Rocky Mountain region of the western United States. He attended the University of Colorado, and got BA degree in Environmental Biology. He continued his academic career at the same university, and received his PhD in Environmental Biology in 1980. His thesis topic concerned paleoecology of Holocene-age peat deposits in arctic Canada, focusing on insect fossil analyses.



Following his PhD, Scott became a post-doctoral fellow under Prof. Alan Morgan in the Earth Science Department of the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He also spent six months as a visiting scientist at the Geobotanical Institute of the University of Berne, Switzerland, in 1981. Scott returned to the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, in 1982, and was a research associate and fellow of the institute during the next 20 years. His research continued to focus on paleoenvironmental reconstructions based on fossil insect assemblages. He has authored six books on paleoecology and natural history of Alaska, the Rocky Mountains, and the arid Southwest. In 2000, Scott accepted a lectureship in the Geography Department of Royal Holloway, University of London. He also has maintained an affiliation with INSTAAR. He is now a Reader in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway.