Biodiversity response to climate change in the middle Pleistocene [[electronic resource] ] : the Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado / / edited by Anthony D. Barnosky |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 560/.1792 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarnoskyAnthony D |
Soggetto topico |
Vertebrates, Fossil - Colorado - Park County
Paleontology - Pleistocene Paleoecology - Colorado - Park County Paleoecology - Pleistocene Biodiversity - Climatic factors - Colorado - Park County - History Animals, Fossil - Colorado - Park County |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-75928-0
9786612759284 0-520-93085-1 1-59734-496-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter Appendixes -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations and Definitions -- One. Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Health: The Past as a Key to the Future -- Two. The Pleistocene Fossils of Porcupine Cave, Colorado: Spatial Distribution and Taphonomic Overview -- Three. The Modern Environment, Flora, and Vegetation of South Park, Colorado -- Four. The Historical Context of Porcupine Cave: American Indians, Spaniards, Government Surveyors, Prospectors, Ranchers, Cavers, and Paleontologists in South Park, Colorado -- Five. The Geology and Speleogenesis of Porcupine Cave -- Six. Magnetostratigraphic Constraints on the Age of Pleistocene Fossiliferous Strata in Porcupine Cave's DMNH Velvet Room Excavation -- Seven. Age and Correlation of Key Fossil Sites in Porcupine Cave -- Eight. Biology of Wood Rats as Cave Dwellers and Collectors -- Nine. Paleopathology and Taphonomic Modification of Mammalian Bones from Porcupine Cave -- Ten. A Summary of Fossilized Species in Porcupine Cave -- Eleven. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna from Porcupine Cave -- Twelve. The Early and Middle Pleistocene Avifauna from Porcupine Cave -- Thirteen. The Carnivora from Porcupine Cave -- Fourteen. Middle Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Ochotona (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) from Porcupine Cave -- Fifteen. Leporidae of the DMNH Velvet Room Excavations and Mark's Sink -- Sixteen. Identification of Miscellaneous Mammals from the Pit Locality: Including Soricidae, Leporidae, Geomyoidea -- Seventeen. Systematics and Faunal Dynamics of Fossil Squirrels from Porcupine Cave -- Eighteen. Fossil Wood Rats of Porcupine Cave: Tectonic or Climatic Controls? -- Nineteen. Arvicoline Rodents from Porcupine Cave: Identification, Spatial Distribution, Taxonomic Assemblages, and Biochronologic Significance -- Twenty. Pliocene and Pleistocene Horses from Porcupine Cave -- Twenty-One. Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Artiodactyla from Porcupine Cave -- Twenty-Two. Irvingtonian Mammals from the Badger Room in Porcupine Cave: Age, Taphonomy, Climate, and Ecology -- Twenty-Three. Faunal Dynamics of Small Mammals through the Pit Sequence -- Twenty-Four. Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Marmot Cheek Teeth from the Pit Locality -- Twenty-Five. Assessing the Effect of Middle Pleistocene Climate Change on Marmota Populations from the Pit Locality -- Twenty-Six. Effect of Climate Change on Terrestrial Vertebrate Biodiversity -- Literature Cited -- Contributors -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450448003321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biodiversity response to climate change in the middle Pleistocene [[electronic resource] ] : the Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado / / edited by Anthony D. Barnosky |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 560/.1792 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarnoskyAnthony D |
Soggetto topico |
Vertebrates, Fossil - Colorado - Park County
Paleontology - Pleistocene Paleoecology - Colorado - Park County Paleoecology - Pleistocene Biodiversity - Climatic factors - Colorado - Park County - History Animals, Fossil - Colorado - Park County |
ISBN |
1-282-75928-0
9786612759284 0-520-93085-1 1-59734-496-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter Appendixes -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations and Definitions -- One. Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Health: The Past as a Key to the Future -- Two. The Pleistocene Fossils of Porcupine Cave, Colorado: Spatial Distribution and Taphonomic Overview -- Three. The Modern Environment, Flora, and Vegetation of South Park, Colorado -- Four. The Historical Context of Porcupine Cave: American Indians, Spaniards, Government Surveyors, Prospectors, Ranchers, Cavers, and Paleontologists in South Park, Colorado -- Five. The Geology and Speleogenesis of Porcupine Cave -- Six. Magnetostratigraphic Constraints on the Age of Pleistocene Fossiliferous Strata in Porcupine Cave's DMNH Velvet Room Excavation -- Seven. Age and Correlation of Key Fossil Sites in Porcupine Cave -- Eight. Biology of Wood Rats as Cave Dwellers and Collectors -- Nine. Paleopathology and Taphonomic Modification of Mammalian Bones from Porcupine Cave -- Ten. A Summary of Fossilized Species in Porcupine Cave -- Eleven. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna from Porcupine Cave -- Twelve. The Early and Middle Pleistocene Avifauna from Porcupine Cave -- Thirteen. The Carnivora from Porcupine Cave -- Fourteen. Middle Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Ochotona (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) from Porcupine Cave -- Fifteen. Leporidae of the DMNH Velvet Room Excavations and Mark's Sink -- Sixteen. Identification of Miscellaneous Mammals from the Pit Locality: Including Soricidae, Leporidae, Geomyoidea -- Seventeen. Systematics and Faunal Dynamics of Fossil Squirrels from Porcupine Cave -- Eighteen. Fossil Wood Rats of Porcupine Cave: Tectonic or Climatic Controls? -- Nineteen. Arvicoline Rodents from Porcupine Cave: Identification, Spatial Distribution, Taxonomic Assemblages, and Biochronologic Significance -- Twenty. Pliocene and Pleistocene Horses from Porcupine Cave -- Twenty-One. Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Artiodactyla from Porcupine Cave -- Twenty-Two. Irvingtonian Mammals from the Badger Room in Porcupine Cave: Age, Taphonomy, Climate, and Ecology -- Twenty-Three. Faunal Dynamics of Small Mammals through the Pit Sequence -- Twenty-Four. Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Marmot Cheek Teeth from the Pit Locality -- Twenty-Five. Assessing the Effect of Middle Pleistocene Climate Change on Marmota Populations from the Pit Locality -- Twenty-Six. Effect of Climate Change on Terrestrial Vertebrate Biodiversity -- Literature Cited -- Contributors -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783389703321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biodiversity response to climate change in the middle Pleistocene : the Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado / / edited by Anthony D. Barnosky |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 560/.1792 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BarnoskyAnthony D |
Soggetto topico |
Vertebrates, Fossil - Colorado - Park County
Paleontology - Pleistocene Paleoecology - Colorado - Park County Paleoecology - Pleistocene Biodiversity - Climatic factors - Colorado - Park County - History Animals, Fossil - Colorado - Park County |
ISBN |
1-282-75928-0
9786612759284 0-520-93085-1 1-59734-496-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter Appendixes -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations and Definitions -- One. Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Health: The Past as a Key to the Future -- Two. The Pleistocene Fossils of Porcupine Cave, Colorado: Spatial Distribution and Taphonomic Overview -- Three. The Modern Environment, Flora, and Vegetation of South Park, Colorado -- Four. The Historical Context of Porcupine Cave: American Indians, Spaniards, Government Surveyors, Prospectors, Ranchers, Cavers, and Paleontologists in South Park, Colorado -- Five. The Geology and Speleogenesis of Porcupine Cave -- Six. Magnetostratigraphic Constraints on the Age of Pleistocene Fossiliferous Strata in Porcupine Cave's DMNH Velvet Room Excavation -- Seven. Age and Correlation of Key Fossil Sites in Porcupine Cave -- Eight. Biology of Wood Rats as Cave Dwellers and Collectors -- Nine. Paleopathology and Taphonomic Modification of Mammalian Bones from Porcupine Cave -- Ten. A Summary of Fossilized Species in Porcupine Cave -- Eleven. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna from Porcupine Cave -- Twelve. The Early and Middle Pleistocene Avifauna from Porcupine Cave -- Thirteen. The Carnivora from Porcupine Cave -- Fourteen. Middle Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Ochotona (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) from Porcupine Cave -- Fifteen. Leporidae of the DMNH Velvet Room Excavations and Mark's Sink -- Sixteen. Identification of Miscellaneous Mammals from the Pit Locality: Including Soricidae, Leporidae, Geomyoidea -- Seventeen. Systematics and Faunal Dynamics of Fossil Squirrels from Porcupine Cave -- Eighteen. Fossil Wood Rats of Porcupine Cave: Tectonic or Climatic Controls? -- Nineteen. Arvicoline Rodents from Porcupine Cave: Identification, Spatial Distribution, Taxonomic Assemblages, and Biochronologic Significance -- Twenty. Pliocene and Pleistocene Horses from Porcupine Cave -- Twenty-One. Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Artiodactyla from Porcupine Cave -- Twenty-Two. Irvingtonian Mammals from the Badger Room in Porcupine Cave: Age, Taphonomy, Climate, and Ecology -- Twenty-Three. Faunal Dynamics of Small Mammals through the Pit Sequence -- Twenty-Four. Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Marmot Cheek Teeth from the Pit Locality -- Twenty-Five. Assessing the Effect of Middle Pleistocene Climate Change on Marmota Populations from the Pit Locality -- Twenty-Six. Effect of Climate Change on Terrestrial Vertebrate Biodiversity -- Literature Cited -- Contributors -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826009203321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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