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LEADER: 01569cam a22002894a 4500
001 2009419048
003 DLC
005 20090828093319.0
008 090501s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009419048
020 $a9780374531416 (pbk.)
020 $a0374531412 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aQE721.2.E97$bN68 2008
082 00 $a576.8/4$222
100 1 $aNovacek, Michael J.
245 10 $aTerra :$bour 100-million-year-old ecosystem-- and the threats that now put it at risk /$cMichael Novacek.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2008.
300 $axxiv, 451 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [357]-425) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: The hyena -- pt. 1: The way of the world. A creature in the forest -- Lush life -- Ephemeral life -- Elephants, dung beetles, and ecosystems -- Evolution : life through a new lens -- pt. 2: The world becomes modern. Ancient ground -- Imperial collapse -- The dinosaurs of Middle Earth -- A flower in the forest -- The garden of delights -- Toward a new ecosystem -- Dinosaur Camelot -- pt. 3: Death and resurrection. A puzzling catastrophe -- The era after -- pt. 4: Terra Humana. Who they were -- The exterminators -- The cultivators -- Land rush -- Dark forces -- The waste of a world -- Heat wave -- Future world.
650 0 $aExtinction (Biology)
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on.
650 0 $aPaleontology.
650 0 $aEnvironmental degradation.