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Corridors to extinction and the Australian megafauna Libro electrónico Steve Webb

Tipo de material: Libro en línea Libro en línea Idioma: Inglés Series Detalles de publicación: London, England Elsevier Academic Press c2013Descripción: xviii, 308 páginas ilustraciones mapas 24 centímetrosISBN:
  • 0124077900
  • 9780124077904
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Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Stellers Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans' first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the blitzkrieg view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that at least Australias megafauna did not succumb to human agency, not because humans probably did not hunt the odd animal but because the an infinitely more logical reason lies in the climatic conditions of the Quaternary Ice Ages and the affect they had on continental geography, environment, climate and, most importantly, the biogeography of the megafauna. This book presents the evidence of this theory, demonstrating the biogeographic approach to Australia's megafauna extinction. *Written clearly to benefit a diverse level of readers, from those with a passing interest to professionals in the field. *Examines future climate change and its effects on the planet by looking at examples buried in the past. *Presents new evidence from extensive field research.

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Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna, 1st Edition.. Chapter 1 Extinction.. Chapter 2 Extinction drivers.. Chapter 3 After the dinosaurs.. Chapter 4 Dreamtime to desert.. Chapter 5 The Australian tertiary and the first marsupial extinctions.. Chapter 6 Australia and the ice ages.. Chapter 7 Who and where: The Australian megafauna and their distribution.. Chapter 8 Australia's megafauna extinction drivers.. Chapter 9 Megafauna in the southern lake eyre basin: a case study.. Chapter 10 Megafauna and humans in Australia and Southeast Asia

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Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Stellers Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans' first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the blitzkrieg view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that at least Australias megafauna did not succumb to human agency, not because humans probably did not hunt the odd animal but because the an infinitely more logical reason lies in the climatic conditions of the Quaternary Ice Ages and the affect they had on continental geography, environment, climate and, most importantly, the biogeography of the megafauna. This book presents the evidence of this theory, demonstrating the biogeographic approach to Australia's megafauna extinction. *Written clearly to benefit a diverse level of readers, from those with a passing interest to professionals in the field. *Examines future climate change and its effects on the planet by looking at examples buried in the past. *Presents new evidence from extensive field research. Inglés

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