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Mammalian Paleoecology Using the Past to Study the Present
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Title
Mammalian Paleoecology Using the Past to Study the Present / Felisa A. Smith.
ISBN
9781421441412
1421441411
9781421441405
1421441403
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) ;
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
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.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2021
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.
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