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Mammalian Paleoecology : Using the Past to Study the Present / Felisa A. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Felisa A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mammals, Fossil.
- Mammal remains (Archaeology).
- Paleoecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421441412
- 1421441411
- OCLC:
- 1263022008
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