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Mammalian Paleoecology Using the Past to Study the Present / Felisa A. Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000Copyright date: 2021Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1421441411
  • 9781421441412
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 569
LOC classification:
  • QE881
Online resources:
Contents:
Old bones, footprints, and trace evidence of life -- Taphonomy : putting the dead to work -- Determining age and context -- On being the right size -- Show me your teeth and I will tell you what you are -- Stable isotopes and the reconstruction of mammalian movement, diet and trophic relationships -- Non-traditional 'fossils' -- Reconstructing past climate -- The past as prologue : the importance of a deeper temporal perspective in climate change research -- Biodiversity on Earth.
Summary: "This book provides an overview of how we obtain information from long-dead mammals and explains what this information can tell us of relevance to ongoing pressing environmental issues"-- Provided by publisher.
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Old bones, footprints, and trace evidence of life -- Taphonomy : putting the dead to work -- Determining age and context -- On being the right size -- Show me your teeth and I will tell you what you are -- Stable isotopes and the reconstruction of mammalian movement, diet and trophic relationships -- Non-traditional 'fossils' -- Reconstructing past climate -- The past as prologue : the importance of a deeper temporal perspective in climate change research -- Biodiversity on Earth.

"This book provides an overview of how we obtain information from long-dead mammals and explains what this information can tell us of relevance to ongoing pressing environmental issues"-- Provided by publisher.

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