Once & future giants [[electronic resource] ] : what Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals / / Sharon Levy

• Autore: Levy Sharon <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 576.8/4
• Soggetto topico: Extinction (Biology); Hunting, Prehistoric; Mammals - Conservation; Mammals - Effect of human beings on; Paleoecology - Pleistocene; Paleontology - Pleistocene; Prehistoric peoples; Wildlife conservation
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Prologue; ELEGY FOR THE MASTODON; MAMMOTH TRACKS; GIANTS DOWN UNDER; WILD DREAMS; WILD REALITIES; THE BIG HEAT; DEAD BEASTS WALKING; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and foraged on the marsh land now buried beneath Chicago's streets. Then, just as the first humans reached the Americas, these Ice Age giants vanished forever. In Once and Future Giants, science writer Sharon Levy digs through the evidence surrounding Pleistocene large animal (""megafauna"") extinction events worldwide, showing that understanding this history--and our part in it--is crucial for protecting the
• Titolo autorizzato: Once & future giants
• ISBN: 0-19-026776-3; 1-283-02050-5; 9786613020505; 0-19-970842-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791779203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II