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-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-026776-3
1-283-02050-5 9786613020505 0-19-970842-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458771903321 |
Levy Sharon <1959->
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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-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
0-19-026776-3
1-283-02050-5 9786613020505 0-19-970842-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791779203321 |
Levy Sharon <1959->
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 | ||
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Once & future giants : what Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals / / Sharon Levy |
Autore | Levy Sharon <1959-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
0-19-026776-3
1-283-02050-5 9786613020505 0-19-970842-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826076303321 |
Levy Sharon <1959->
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 | ||
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La sesta estinzione : la vita sulla terra e il futuro del genere umano / Richard Leakey, Roger Lewin |
Autore | Leakey, Richard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Torino : Bollati Boringhieri, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 576.84 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Lewin, Rogerauthor |
Collana | Saggi scientifici |
Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Extinction (Biology) |
ISBN | 883391111X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001014249707536 |
Leakey, Richard
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Torino : Bollati Boringhieri, 1998 | ||
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Species diversity and extinction [[electronic resource] /] / Geraldine H. Tepper, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (465 p.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TepperGeraldine H |
Collana | Environmental science, engineering and technology |
Soggetto topico |
Species diversity
Biodiversity conservation Extinction (Biology) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61668-406-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Mexican Threatened Cacti: Current Status and Strategies for Their Conservation""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Cacti Taxonomy""; ""Cacti Distinctiveness""; ""Traditional Uses of Cacti""; ""Pharmacological and Biological Properties of Cacti""; ""Cacti Origin and Distribution""; ""Current Status of Mexican Cacti""; ""Propagation and Conservation by Conventional Methods""; ""Legal framework""; ""In situ conservation""; ""Ex situ conservation""; ""Cacti propagation""
""Biotechnological Approaches for Cacti Propagation and Conservation""""Stage I. Axenic culture establishment""; ""Stage II. Propagule multiplication""; ""(a) Propagation from meristems""; ""(b) Organogenesis""; ""(c) Somatic embryogenesis""; ""Stage III. Shoot growth and rooting""; ""Stage IV. Plant hardening""; ""Secondary Metabolite Production by in Vitro Cacti Cultures""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Extinction of Cytheroidean Ostracodes (Crustacea) in Shallow-Water around Japan in Relation to Environmental Fluctuations since the Early Pleistocene""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction"" ""2. General Features of Ostracodes: Taxonomy, Ecology and Morphology""""3: Extinction and Survival of Shallow-Water Species in Japan Sea""; ""3.A. Modern Distribution of Four Assemblages""; ""3.B. Case of Cryophilic Species of Three Families""; ""3.B.1. Habitat conditions of living species""; ""3.B.2. Paleoecology of now-extinct (�Nex�) species""; ""3.B.3. Faunal history of �Nex� species during pleistocene""; ""3.B.4. Reasons for survival of modern species""; ""3.C. Case of an Extinct Species of Loxoconcha""; ""3.D. Case of an Extinct Species of Aurila"" ""4. Disappearance and Extinction of Inner-Bay Species""""4.A. Pacific Coast""; ""4.B. Japan Sea""; ""5. Possibility of Species Disappearance and Extinction around Japan Near Future""; ""6. Summary and Future Work""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""New Frontiers in Genome Resource Banking""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Sperm Preservation""; ""Semen Collection and Evaluation""; ""Sperm Cryopreservation""; ""Oocytes Aspiration and Vitrification""; ""Following Is the Protocol That We Use for Oocytes Vitrification""; ""Whole Ovary Freezing"" ""Freeze Drying Technique""""References""; ""References""; ""References""; ""The Diversity of Cypriniforms throughout Bangladesh: Present Status and Conservation Challenges""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Key Waterbodies and the Status""; ""2.1. The Floodplain""; ""2.2. The Rivers""; ""2.3. The Beels""; ""2.3.1. Chalan beel""; ""2.4. The Haors""; ""2.5. The Baors""; ""2.6. The Ponds and Ditches""; ""2.7. The Kaptai Lake""; ""3. Aquatic Fauna of Bangladesh""; ""4. The Cyprinifom Fishes""; ""4.1. Family Psilorhynchidae""; ""4.2. Family Balitoridae""; ""4.3. Family Cobitidae"" ""4.4. Family Cyprinidae"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465086003321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
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Species diversity and extinction [[electronic resource] /] / Geraldine H. Tepper, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (465 p.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TepperGeraldine H |
Collana | Environmental science, engineering and technology |
Soggetto topico |
Species diversity
Biodiversity conservation Extinction (Biology) |
ISBN | 1-61668-406-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Mexican Threatened Cacti: Current Status and Strategies for Their Conservation""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Cacti Taxonomy""; ""Cacti Distinctiveness""; ""Traditional Uses of Cacti""; ""Pharmacological and Biological Properties of Cacti""; ""Cacti Origin and Distribution""; ""Current Status of Mexican Cacti""; ""Propagation and Conservation by Conventional Methods""; ""Legal framework""; ""In situ conservation""; ""Ex situ conservation""; ""Cacti propagation""
""Biotechnological Approaches for Cacti Propagation and Conservation""""Stage I. Axenic culture establishment""; ""Stage II. Propagule multiplication""; ""(a) Propagation from meristems""; ""(b) Organogenesis""; ""(c) Somatic embryogenesis""; ""Stage III. Shoot growth and rooting""; ""Stage IV. Plant hardening""; ""Secondary Metabolite Production by in Vitro Cacti Cultures""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Extinction of Cytheroidean Ostracodes (Crustacea) in Shallow-Water around Japan in Relation to Environmental Fluctuations since the Early Pleistocene""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction"" ""2. General Features of Ostracodes: Taxonomy, Ecology and Morphology""""3: Extinction and Survival of Shallow-Water Species in Japan Sea""; ""3.A. Modern Distribution of Four Assemblages""; ""3.B. Case of Cryophilic Species of Three Families""; ""3.B.1. Habitat conditions of living species""; ""3.B.2. Paleoecology of now-extinct (�Nex�) species""; ""3.B.3. Faunal history of �Nex� species during pleistocene""; ""3.B.4. Reasons for survival of modern species""; ""3.C. Case of an Extinct Species of Loxoconcha""; ""3.D. Case of an Extinct Species of Aurila"" ""4. Disappearance and Extinction of Inner-Bay Species""""4.A. Pacific Coast""; ""4.B. Japan Sea""; ""5. Possibility of Species Disappearance and Extinction around Japan Near Future""; ""6. Summary and Future Work""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""New Frontiers in Genome Resource Banking""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Sperm Preservation""; ""Semen Collection and Evaluation""; ""Sperm Cryopreservation""; ""Oocytes Aspiration and Vitrification""; ""Following Is the Protocol That We Use for Oocytes Vitrification""; ""Whole Ovary Freezing"" ""Freeze Drying Technique""""References""; ""References""; ""References""; ""The Diversity of Cypriniforms throughout Bangladesh: Present Status and Conservation Challenges""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Key Waterbodies and the Status""; ""2.1. The Floodplain""; ""2.2. The Rivers""; ""2.3. The Beels""; ""2.3.1. Chalan beel""; ""2.4. The Haors""; ""2.5. The Baors""; ""2.6. The Ponds and Ditches""; ""2.7. The Kaptai Lake""; ""3. Aquatic Fauna of Bangladesh""; ""4. The Cyprinifom Fishes""; ""4.1. Family Psilorhynchidae""; ""4.2. Family Balitoridae""; ""4.3. Family Cobitidae"" ""4.4. Family Cyprinidae"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791837503321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
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Species diversity and extinction [[electronic resource] /] / Geraldine H. Tepper, editor |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (465 p.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TepperGeraldine H |
Collana | Environmental science, engineering and technology |
Soggetto topico |
Species diversity
Biodiversity conservation Extinction (Biology) |
ISBN | 1-61668-406-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Mexican Threatened Cacti: Current Status and Strategies for Their Conservation""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Cacti Taxonomy""; ""Cacti Distinctiveness""; ""Traditional Uses of Cacti""; ""Pharmacological and Biological Properties of Cacti""; ""Cacti Origin and Distribution""; ""Current Status of Mexican Cacti""; ""Propagation and Conservation by Conventional Methods""; ""Legal framework""; ""In situ conservation""; ""Ex situ conservation""; ""Cacti propagation""
""Biotechnological Approaches for Cacti Propagation and Conservation""""Stage I. Axenic culture establishment""; ""Stage II. Propagule multiplication""; ""(a) Propagation from meristems""; ""(b) Organogenesis""; ""(c) Somatic embryogenesis""; ""Stage III. Shoot growth and rooting""; ""Stage IV. Plant hardening""; ""Secondary Metabolite Production by in Vitro Cacti Cultures""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Extinction of Cytheroidean Ostracodes (Crustacea) in Shallow-Water around Japan in Relation to Environmental Fluctuations since the Early Pleistocene""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction"" ""2. General Features of Ostracodes: Taxonomy, Ecology and Morphology""""3: Extinction and Survival of Shallow-Water Species in Japan Sea""; ""3.A. Modern Distribution of Four Assemblages""; ""3.B. Case of Cryophilic Species of Three Families""; ""3.B.1. Habitat conditions of living species""; ""3.B.2. Paleoecology of now-extinct (�Nex�) species""; ""3.B.3. Faunal history of �Nex� species during pleistocene""; ""3.B.4. Reasons for survival of modern species""; ""3.C. Case of an Extinct Species of Loxoconcha""; ""3.D. Case of an Extinct Species of Aurila"" ""4. Disappearance and Extinction of Inner-Bay Species""""4.A. Pacific Coast""; ""4.B. Japan Sea""; ""5. Possibility of Species Disappearance and Extinction around Japan Near Future""; ""6. Summary and Future Work""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""New Frontiers in Genome Resource Banking""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Sperm Preservation""; ""Semen Collection and Evaluation""; ""Sperm Cryopreservation""; ""Oocytes Aspiration and Vitrification""; ""Following Is the Protocol That We Use for Oocytes Vitrification""; ""Whole Ovary Freezing"" ""Freeze Drying Technique""""References""; ""References""; ""References""; ""The Diversity of Cypriniforms throughout Bangladesh: Present Status and Conservation Challenges""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Key Waterbodies and the Status""; ""2.1. The Floodplain""; ""2.2. The Rivers""; ""2.3. The Beels""; ""2.3.1. Chalan beel""; ""2.4. The Haors""; ""2.5. The Baors""; ""2.6. The Ponds and Ditches""; ""2.7. The Kaptai Lake""; ""3. Aquatic Fauna of Bangladesh""; ""4. The Cyprinifom Fishes""; ""4.1. Family Psilorhynchidae""; ""4.2. Family Balitoridae""; ""4.3. Family Cobitidae"" ""4.4. Family Cyprinidae"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823590203321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
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T. rex and the crater of doom [[electronic resource] /] / Walter Alvarez ; [with a new foreword by Carl Zimmer] |
Autore | Alvarez Walter <1940-> |
Edizione | [With a New Foreword by Carl Zimmer] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZimmerCarl |
Collana |
Princeton Science Library
Princeton science library |
Soggetto topico |
Catastrophes (Geology)
Extinction (Biology) Cryptoexplosion structures - Mexico - Campeche, Bay of, Region |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4008-4740-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Zimmer, Carl -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Armageddon -- Chapter 2. Ex Libro Lapidum Historia Mundi -- Chapter 3. Gradualist versus Catastrophist -- Chapter 4. Iridium -- Chapter 5. The Search for the Impact Site -- Chapter 6. The Crater of Doom -- Chapter 7. The World after Chicxulub -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465624103321 |
Alvarez Walter <1940->
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2008 | ||
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T. rex and the crater of doom [[electronic resource] /] / Walter Alvarez ; [with a new foreword by Carl Zimmer] |
Autore | Alvarez Walter <1940-> |
Edizione | [With a New Foreword by Carl Zimmer] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZimmerCarl |
Collana |
Princeton Science Library
Princeton science library |
Soggetto topico |
Catastrophes (Geology)
Extinction (Biology) Cryptoexplosion structures - Mexico - Campeche, Bay of, Region |
ISBN | 1-4008-4740-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Zimmer, Carl -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Armageddon -- Chapter 2. Ex Libro Lapidum Historia Mundi -- Chapter 3. Gradualist versus Catastrophist -- Chapter 4. Iridium -- Chapter 5. The Search for the Impact Site -- Chapter 6. The Crater of Doom -- Chapter 7. The World after Chicxulub -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792002703321 |
Alvarez Walter <1940->
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2008 | ||
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T. rex and the crater of doom / / Walter Alvarez ; [with a new foreword by Carl Zimmer] |
Autore | Alvarez Walter <1940-> |
Edizione | [With a New Foreword by Carl Zimmer] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZimmerCarl |
Collana |
Princeton Science Library
Princeton science library |
Soggetto topico |
Catastrophes (Geology)
Extinction (Biology) Cryptoexplosion structures - Mexico - Campeche, Bay of, Region |
ISBN | 1-4008-4740-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Zimmer, Carl -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Armageddon -- Chapter 2. Ex Libro Lapidum Historia Mundi -- Chapter 3. Gradualist versus Catastrophist -- Chapter 4. Iridium -- Chapter 5. The Search for the Impact Site -- Chapter 6. The Crater of Doom -- Chapter 7. The World after Chicxulub -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815473003321 |
Alvarez Walter <1940->
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2008 | ||
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