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Terra : our 100-million-year-old ecosystem--and the threats that now put it at risk / Michael Novacek.
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View onlineVan Pelt Library QE721.2.E97 N68 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Novacek, Michael J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinction (Biology).
- Evolution (Biology).
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Paleontology.
- Environmental degradation.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 451 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The Hyena ix
- Part 1 The Way of the World
- 1 A Creature in the Forest 3
- 2 Lush Life 22
- 3 Ephemeral Life 41
- 4 Elephants, Dung Beetles, and Ecosystems 53
- 5 Evolution - Life Through a New Lens 75
- Part 2 The World Becomes Modern
- 6 Ancient Ground 95
- 7 Imperial Collapse 112
- 8 The Dinosaurs of Middle Earth 127
- 9 A Flower in the Forest 140
- 10 The Garden of Delights 155
- 11 Toward a New Ecosystem 172
- 12 Dinosaur Camelot 180
- Part 3 Death and Resurrection
- 13 A Puzzling Catastrophe 197
- 14 The Era After 217
- Part 4 Terra Humana
- 15 Who They Were 235
- 16 The Exterminators 246
- 17 The Cultivators 254
- 18 Land Rush 266
- 19 Dark Forces 279
- 20 The Waste of a World 295
- 21 Heat Wave 308
- 22 Future World 338.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-425) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374273255
- 0374273251
- OCLC:
- 85814141
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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