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Extinctions in Near Time

Causes, Contexts, and Consequences
BuchGebunden
394 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am30.06.1999
Despite the sense of uniqueness implicit in phrases like "the biodiversity crisis," meant to convey the notion that the present bout of extinctions is by far the worst endured in recent times, substantial losses have occurred throughout near time.mehr
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KlappentextDespite the sense of uniqueness implicit in phrases like "the biodiversity crisis," meant to convey the notion that the present bout of extinctions is by far the worst endured in recent times, substantial losses have occurred throughout near time.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-306-46092-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr1999
Erscheinungsdatum30.06.1999
ReiheAdvances in Vertebrate Paleobiology
Seiten394 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht1074 g
IllustrationenXVII, 394 p. 16 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.10529957

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 - Cretaceous Meteor Showers, the Human Ecological Niche, and the Sixth Extinction.- 2 - Prehistoric Extinctions on Islands and Continents.- 3 - The Interaction of Humans, Megaherbivores, and Habitats in the Late Pleistocene Extinction Event.- 4 - The Power of Pleistocene Hunter-Gatherers: Forward and Backward Searching for Evidence about Mammoth Extinction.- 5 - A Comparison of Methods for the Probabilistic Determination of Vertebrate Extinction Chronologies.- 6 - Putting North America´s End-Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction in Context: Large-Scale Analyses of Spatial Patterns, Extinction Rates, and Size Distributions.- 7 - Rates, Patterns, and Processes of Landscape Transformation and Extinction in Madagascar.- 8 - Extinctions and Local Disappearances of Vertebrates in the Western Mediterranean Islands.- 9 - Introduced Predators and Avifaunal Extinction in New Zealand.- 10 - Late Quaternary Extinctions in Australasia: An Overview.- 11 - Late Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions: A European Perspective.- 12 - The Quiet Crisis: A Preliminary Listing of the Freshwater Fishes of the World that Are Extinct or Missing in Action .- 13 - Requiem Æternam: The Last Five Hundred Years of Mammalian Species Extinctions.- Systematic Index.- General Index.mehr
Kritik
`This book is a must-read if you have any curiosity, fascination, or professional interest in extinctions of the past or present. If you are among those concerned about our environment and the fact that we are losing more animal species each year, you should read this book.'
Discovering Archaeology, 1:5 (1999)mehr