An edition of Great extinctions (2012)

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what causes them and how they shape life

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Great extinctions
Norman MacLeod, Norman MacLeod
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An edition of Great extinctions (2012)

Great extinctions

what causes them and how they shape life

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A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming "sixth extinction". Explores the history of this search, its subjects, its controversies, its current conclusions, and their implications for our efforts to preserve Earth's biodiversity. It explains what extinction is, what causes it and whether it is preventable, and by comparing past geological extinction events, it aims to predict what will happen in the future.

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Publisher
Firefly Books
Language
English
Pages
208

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Subjects

Extinction (Biology), Paleontology, Extinction (biology)
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Great extinctions: what causes them and how they shape life
2013, Firefly Books
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The great extinctions: what causes them and how they shape life
2012, Natural History Museum, London
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Table of Contents

What is extinction?
Evolution, fossils and extinction
Patterns in extinction data
Kinds of extinction
Causes of extinction
Precambrian and Cambrian extinctions
The End-Ordovician extinctions
The Late Devonian extinctions
The Late Permian extinctions
The Late Triassic extinctions
The End-Cretaceous extinctions
The Palaeogene extinctions
The Neogene and Quaternary extinctions
The modern and future extinctions.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index.

Published in
Buffalo, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
576.8/4
Library of Congress
QH78 .M23 2013, QE721.2.E97M33 2013, QE721.2.E97 M33 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
208 p.
Number of pages
208

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27146331M
ISBN 10
1770851879
ISBN 13
9781770851870
LCCN
2012554370
OCLC/WorldCat
815621340

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19966115W

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