American megafaunal extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene / edited by Gary Haynes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haynes, Gary.

Series:

Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology

Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extinction (Biology)--America.

Extinction (Biology).

Mammals, Fossil--America.

Mammals, Fossil.

Glacial epoch--America.

Glacial epoch.

Mammals--Effect of human beings on--America.

Mammals.

Paleoecology--Pleistocene.

Paleoecology.

Paleoecology--America.

Paleontology--Pleistocene.

Paleontology.

Paleontology--America.

America.

Physical Description:

vii, 201 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Dordrecht] : Springer, [2009]

Contents:

Sudden deaths : the chronology of terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinction / Stuart Fiedel

Estimates of Clovis-era megafaunal populations and their extinction risks / Gary Haynes

Paleobiology and extinction of proboscideans in the Great Lakes region of North America / Daniel C. Fisher

Human prey choice in the late Pleistocene and its relation to megafaunal extinctions / Todd A. Surovell and Nicole M. Waguespack

Ancient DNA and the genetic consequences of late Pleistocene extinctions / Alex D. Greenwood

Did humans cause the late Pleistocene-early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas? / Alberto L. Cione, Eduardo P. Tonni, and Leopoldo Soibelzon

The elusive evidence : the archaeological record of the South American extinct megafauna / Luis Alberto Borrero

Insulae infortunatae : establishing a chronology for late Quaternary mammal extinctions in the West Indies / R.D.E. MacPhee

Afterword, and thoughts about the future literature / Gary Haynes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781402087929

1402087926

OCLC:

233934707