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American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene

Author : Gary Haynes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402087934
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene by : Gary Haynes

Download or read book American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene written by Gary Haynes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume contains summaries of facts, theories, and unsolved problems pertaining to the unexplained extinction of dozens of genera of mostly large terrestrial mammals, which occurred ca. 13,000 calendar years ago in North America and about 1,000 years later in South America. Another equally mysterious wave of extinctions affected large Caribbean islands around 5,000 years ago. The coupling of these extinctions with the earliest appearance of human beings has led to the suggestion that foraging humans are to blame, although major climatic shifts were also taking place in the Americas during some of the extinctions. The last published volume with similar (but not identical) themes -- Extinctions in Near Time -- appeared in 1999; since then a great deal of innovative, exciting new research has been done but has not yet been compiled and summarized. Different chapters in this volume provide in-depth resumés of the chronology of the extinctions in North and South America, the possible insights into animal ecology provided by studies of stable isotopes and anatomical/physiological characteristics such as growth increments in mammoth and mastodont tusks, the clues from taphonomic research about large-mammal biology, the applications of dating methods to the extinctions debate, and archeological controversies concerning human hunting of large mammals.

Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity

Author : Eva M. Spehn
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420083708
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity by : Eva M. Spehn

Download or read book Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity written by Eva M. Spehn and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to advances in electronic archiving of biodiversity data and the digitization of climate and other geophysical data, a new era in biogeography, functional ecology, and evolutionary ecology has begun. In Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity, Christian Korner, Eva M. Spehn, and a team of experts from the Global Mountain Biodi

The Quaternary Period in the United States

Author : A.R. Gillespie
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080474098
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis The Quaternary Period in the United States by : A.R. Gillespie

Download or read book The Quaternary Period in the United States written by A.R. Gillespie and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-12-17 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews advances in understanding of the past ca. two million years of Earth history - the Quaternary Period - in the United States. It begins with sections on ice and water - as glaciers, permafrost, oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Six chapters are devoted to the high-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets, to mountain glaciations of the western United States, and to permafrost studies. Other chapters discuss ice-age lakes, caves, sea-level fluctuations, and riverine landscapes. With a chapter on landscape evolution models, the book turns to essays on geologic processes. Two chapters discuss soils and their responses to climate, and wind-blown sediments. Two more describe volcanoes and earthquakes, and the use of Quaternary geology to understand the hazards they pose. The next part of the book is on plants and animals. Five chapters consider the Quaternary history of vegetation in the United States. Other chapters treat forcing functions and vegetation response at different spatial and temporal scales, the role of fire as a catalyst of vegetation change during rapid climate shifts, and the use of tree rings in inferring age and past hydroclimatic conditions. Three chapters address vertebrate paleontology and the extinctions of large mammals at the end of the last glaciation, beetle assemblages and the inferences they permit about past conditions, and the peopling of North America. A final chapter addresses the numerical modeling of Quaternary climates, and the role paleoclimatic studies and climatic modeling has in predicting future response of the Earth's climate system to the changes we have wrought.

Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records

Author : Alistair McGowan
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 9781862393363
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records by : Alistair McGowan

Download or read book Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records written by Alistair McGowan and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past decade has witnessed a major revival in attempts to separate biodiversity signals from biases imposed by sampling and the architecture of the rock record. How large a problem this poses to our understanding of biodiversity patterns remains debatable, and new approaches are being developed to investigate this question. Here palaeobiologists with widely differing approaches and interests explore the problems of extracting reliable information on biodiversity change from an imperfect geological record. Topics covered range from the application of information-theoretic approaches that identify directional causal relationships to an in-depth study of how geological biases could influence our understanding of dinosaur evolution.

Mammalian Paleoecology

Author : Felisa A. Smith
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421441403
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Mammalian Paleoecology written by Felisa A. Smith and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It will profoundly affect the way paleontologists and climatologists view the lives of ancient mammals.

Annotated Bibliography of Quaternary Vertebrates of Northern North America

Author : Donna Naughton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802048172
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Annotated Bibliography of Quaternary Vertebrates of Northern North America by : Donna Naughton

Download or read book Annotated Bibliography of Quaternary Vertebrates of Northern North America written by Donna Naughton and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on highlights (species mentioned, locality, geological age, stratigraphic positions, etc.) of nearly 1000 items published between 1821 and 2000, dealing with the remains of vertebrates that lived from about 2 million to 5000 years ago.

Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America

Author : Blaine W. Schubert
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253342683
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (426 download)

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Book Synopsis Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America by : Blaine W. Schubert

Download or read book Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America written by Blaine W. Schubert and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers the findings of a number of studies on North American cave paleontology. Although not intended to be all-inclusive, Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America contains contributions that range from overviews of the significance of cave fossils to reports about new localities and studies of specific vertebrate groups. These essays describe how cave remains record the evolutionary patterns of organisms and their biogeography, how they can help reconstruct past ecosystems and climatic fluctuations, how they provide an important record of the evolution of modern ecosystems, and even how some of these caves contain traces of human activity. The book's eclectic nature should appeal to students, professional and amateur paleontologists, biologists, geologists, speleologists, and cavers. The contributors are Ticul Alvarez, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Christopher J. Bell, Larry L. Coats, Jennifer Glennon, Wulf Gose, Frederick Grady, Russell Wm. Graham, Timothy H. Heaton, Carmen J. Jans-Langel, Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr., H. Gregory McDonald, Jim I. Mead, Oscar J. Polaco, Blaine W. Schubert, Holmes A. Semken, Jr., and Alisa J. Winkler.

Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America

Author : Michael O. Woodburne
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231130406
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Book Synopsis Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America by : Michael O. Woodburne

Download or read book Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America written by Michael O. Woodburne and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. It incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and utilizes the many recent advances in geochronologic methods and their results. The book describes the increasingly highly resolved stratigraphy into which all available temporally significant data and applications are integrated. Extensive temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico, an integral part of the North American fauna, past and present.

Illinois State Museum: Faunmap

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Illinois State Museum: Faunmap written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the Illinois State Museum Faunmap, a database for the late Quaternary distribution of mammal species in the United States. Notes that Faunmap is available in print form, on disc, or it can be downloaded. Offers access to a discussion list. Allows users to query the database.

Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico

Author : Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico written by Spencer G. Lucas and published by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This book was released on 1993 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Program & Abstracts, NAPC 2001, North American Paleontological Convention 2001, Paleontology in the New Millennium, June 26-July 1, 2001

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Program & Abstracts, NAPC 2001, North American Paleontological Convention 2001, Paleontology in the New Millennium, June 26-July 1, 2001 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Foraging in the Tennessee River Valley

Author : Kandace D. Hollenbach
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817355227
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Foraging in the Tennessee River Valley by : Kandace D. Hollenbach

Download or read book Foraging in the Tennessee River Valley written by Kandace D. Hollenbach and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2009-04-19 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Foraging the Tennessee River Valley, 12,500 to 8,000 Years Ago, Hollenbach analyzes and compares botanical remains from archaeological excavations in four rockshelters in the Middle Tennessee River Valley.

Federal Archeology Report

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal Archeology Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309083451
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range by : National Research Council

Download or read book Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range discusses the complex management challenges in Yellowstone National Park. Controversy over the National Park Service's approach of "natural regulation" has heightened in recent years because of changes in vegetation and other ecosystem components in Yellowstone's northern range. Natural regulation minimizes human impacts, including management intervention by the National Park Service, on the park ecosystem. Many have attributed these changes to increased size of elk and other ungulate herds. This report examines the evidence that increased ungulate populations are responsible for the changes in vegetation and that the changes represent a major and serious change in the Yellowstone ecosystem. According to the authors, any human intervention to protect species such as the aspen and those that depend on them should be prudently localized rather than ecosystem-wide. An ecosystem-wide approach, such as reducing ungulate populations, could be more disruptive. The report concludes that although dramatic ecological change does not appear to be imminent, approaches to dealing with potential human-caused changes in the ecosystem, including those related to climate change, should be considered now. The need for research and public education is also compelling.

Holocene Extinctions

Author : Samuel T. Turvey
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019157998X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Holocene Extinctions written by Samuel T. Turvey and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extent to which human activity has influenced species extinctions during the recent prehistoric past remains controversial due to other factors such as climatic fluctuations and a general lack of data. However, the Holocene (the geological interval spanning the last 11,500 years from the end of the last glaciation) has witnessed massive levels of extinctions that have continued into the modern historical era, but in a context of only relatively minor climatic fluctuations. This makes a detailed consideration of these extinctions a useful system for investigating the impacts of human activity over time. Holocene Extinctions describes and analyses the range of global extinction events which have occurred during this key time period, as well as their relationship to both earlier and ongoing species losses. By integrating information from fields as diverse as zoology, ecology, palaeontology, archaeology and geography, and by incorporating data from a broad range of taxonomic groups and ecosystems, this novel text provides a fascinating insight into human impacts on global extinction rates, both past and present. This truly interdisciplinary book is suitable for both graduate students and researchers in these varied fields. It will also be of value and use to policy-makers and conservation professionals since it provides valuable guidance on how to apply lessons from the past to prevent future biodiversity loss and inform modern conservation planning.

The Living Museum

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Living Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems

Author : Isaac Casanovas-Vilar
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031174917
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems written by Isaac Casanovas-Vilar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents an array of different case studies which take as primary material data sourced from the NOW (‘New and Old Worlds’) database of fossil mammals. The NOW database was one of the very first large paleobiological databases, and since 1996 it has been expanded from including mainly Neogene European land mammals to cover the entire Cenozoic at a global scale. In the last two decades the number of works that are based in the use of huge databases to explore ecological and evolutionary questions has increased exponentially, and even though the importance of big data in paleobiological research has been outlined in selected chapters of general works, no volume has appeared before this one which solely focuses on the databases as a primary source in reconstructing the past. The purpose of this book is to provide an illustrative volume showing the importance of big data in paleobiological research, and presenting a broad array of unpublished examples and case studies. The book is mainly aimed to professional palaeobiologists working with Cenozoic land mammals, but the scope of the book is broad enough to fit the interest for evolutionary biologists, paleoclimatologists and paleoecologists. The volume is divided in four parts. The first part includes two chapters on the development of large paleobiological databases, providing a first-hand account on the logic and the functioning of these databases. This is a much-needed perspective which is ignored by most researchers and users of such databases and, even if centered in the NOW database, the lessons that can be learned from this part can be extended to other examples. After this introductory part, the body of the book follows and is divided into three parts: patterns in regional faunas; large scale patterns and processes; and ecological, biogeographical and evolutionary patterns of key taxa. Each chapter is written by well-known specialists in the field, with some participation of members of the NOW advisory board. The array of selected mammal taxa ranges from carnivores, equids, ruminants and rodents to the genus Homo. The topics studied also include the diversification and radiation of major clades, large-scale paleobiogeographical patterns, the evolution of ecomorphological patterns and paleobiological problems such as evolution of body size or species longevity. In most cases the results are discussed in relation to protracted environmental or paleogeographic changes.