Holocene extinctions / edited by Samuel T. Turvey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turvey, Sam.

Series:

Oxford biology.

Oxford biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extinction (Biology).

Paleontology--Holocene.

Paleontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The extent to which human activity has influenced species extinctions during the recent prehistoric past remains controversial due to other factors such as climatic fluctuations and a general lack of data. However, the Holocene (the geological interval spanning the last 11,500 years from the end of the last glaciation) has witnessed massive levels of extinctions that have continued into the modern historical era, but in a context of only relatively minor climatic fluctuations. Thismakes a detailed consideration of these extinctions a useful system for investigating the impacts of human activit

Contents:

Contents; Preface; A note on radiocarbon dating conventions; List of contributors; 1 An introduction to Late Glacial-Holocene environments; 2 In the shadow of the megafauna: prehistoric mammal and bird extinctions across the Holocene; 3 Holocene mammal extinctions; 4 Holocene avian extinctions; 5 Past and future patterns of freshwater mussel extinctions in North America during the Holocene; 6 Holocene extinctions in the sea; 7 Procellariiform extinctions in the Holocene: threat processes and wider ecosystem-scale implications; 8 Coextinction: anecdotes, models, and speculation

9 Probabilistic methods for determining extinction chronologies10 The past is another country: is evidence for prehistoric, historical, and present-day extinction really comparable?; 11 Holocene deforestation: a history of human-environmental interactions, climate change, and extinction; 12 The shape of things to come: non-native mammalian predators and the fate of island bird diversity; 13 The Quaternary fossil record as a source of data for evidence-based conservation: is the past the key to the future?; 14 Holocene extinctions and the loss of feature diversity; References; Index; A; B; C

DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-338) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-156016-2

1-282-33529-4

9786612335297

OCLC:

466153181