LEADER 05978nam 22007574a 450 001 9910450448003321 005 20210618233155.0 010 $a1-282-75928-0 010 $a9786612759284 010 $a0-520-93085-1 010 $a1-59734-496-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520930858 035 $a(CKB)1000000000024215 035 $a(EBL)224672 035 $a(OCoLC)614634907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111686 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11125302 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111686 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080973 035 $a(PQKB)11786939 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224672 035 $a(DE-B1597)519829 035 $a(OCoLC)56732953 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520930858 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224672 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10068605 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275928 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000024215 100 $a20030717d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBiodiversity response to climate change in the middle Pleistocene$b[electronic resource] $ethe Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado /$fedited by Anthony D. Barnosky 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (409 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-24082-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter Appendixes --$tFigures --$tTables --$tAbbreviations and Definitions --$tOne. Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Health: The Past as a Key to the Future --$tTwo. The Pleistocene Fossils of Porcupine Cave, Colorado: Spatial Distribution and Taphonomic Overview --$tThree. The Modern Environment, Flora, and Vegetation of South Park, Colorado --$tFour. The Historical Context of Porcupine Cave: American Indians, Spaniards, Government Surveyors, Prospectors, Ranchers, Cavers, and Paleontologists in South Park, Colorado --$tFive. The Geology and Speleogenesis of Porcupine Cave --$tSix. Magnetostratigraphic Constraints on the Age of Pleistocene Fossiliferous Strata in Porcupine Cave's DMNH Velvet Room Excavation --$tSeven. Age and Correlation of Key Fossil Sites in Porcupine Cave --$tEight. Biology of Wood Rats as Cave Dwellers and Collectors --$tNine. Paleopathology and Taphonomic Modification of Mammalian Bones from Porcupine Cave --$tTen. A Summary of Fossilized Species in Porcupine Cave --$tEleven. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna from Porcupine Cave --$tTwelve. The Early and Middle Pleistocene Avifauna from Porcupine Cave --$tThirteen. The Carnivora from Porcupine Cave --$tFourteen. Middle Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Ochotona (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) from Porcupine Cave --$tFifteen. Leporidae of the DMNH Velvet Room Excavations and Mark's Sink --$tSixteen. Identification of Miscellaneous Mammals from the Pit Locality: Including Soricidae, Leporidae, Geomyoidea --$tSeventeen. Systematics and Faunal Dynamics of Fossil Squirrels from Porcupine Cave --$tEighteen. Fossil Wood Rats of Porcupine Cave: Tectonic or Climatic Controls? --$tNineteen. Arvicoline Rodents from Porcupine Cave: Identification, Spatial Distribution, Taxonomic Assemblages, and Biochronologic Significance --$tTwenty. Pliocene and Pleistocene Horses from Porcupine Cave --$tTwenty-One. Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Artiodactyla from Porcupine Cave --$tTwenty-Two. Irvingtonian Mammals from the Badger Room in Porcupine Cave: Age, Taphonomy, Climate, and Ecology --$tTwenty-Three. Faunal Dynamics of Small Mammals through the Pit Sequence --$tTwenty-Four. Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Marmot Cheek Teeth from the Pit Locality --$tTwenty-Five. Assessing the Effect of Middle Pleistocene Climate Change on Marmota Populations from the Pit Locality --$tTwenty-Six. Effect of Climate Change on Terrestrial Vertebrate Biodiversity --$tLiterature Cited --$tContributors --$tIndex 330 $aThis book chronicles the discovery and analysis of animal fossils found in one of the most important paleontological sites in the world-Porcupine Cave, located at an elevation of 9,500 feet in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. With tens of thousands of identified specimens, this site has become the key source of information on the fauna of North America's higher elevations between approximately 1 million and 600,000 years ago, a period that saw the advance and retreat of glaciers numerous times. Until now, little has been understood about how this dramatic climate change affected life during the middle Pleistocene. In addition to presenting state-of-the-art data from Porcupine Cave, this study also presents groundbreaking analysis on what the data from the site show about the evolutionary and ecological adjustments that occurred in this period, shedding light on how one of the world's most pressing environmental concerns-global climate change-can influence life on earth. 517 3 $aPorcupine Cave fauna from Colorado 606 $aVertebrates, Fossil$zColorado$zPark County 606 $aPaleontology$yPleistocene 606 $aPaleoecology$zColorado$zPark County 606 $aPaleoecology$yPleistocene 606 $aBiodiversity$xClimatic factors$zColorado$zPark County$xHistory 606 $aAnimals, Fossil$zColorado$zPark County 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVertebrates, Fossil 615 0$aPaleontology 615 0$aPaleoecology 615 0$aPaleoecology 615 0$aBiodiversity$xClimatic factors$xHistory. 615 0$aAnimals, Fossil 676 $a560/.1792 701 $aBarnosky$b Anthony D$0964750 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450448003321 996 $aBiodiversity response to climate change in the middle Pleistocene$92485095 997 $aUNINA