Once and Future Giants

Zusatztext Packed full of fascinating work, Once and Future Giants successfully marries modern investigations to ancient evidence, creating an interesting and thought provoking read that raises questions regarding the true 'natural state' of our Earth. Informationen zum Autor Sharon Levy is a freelance science writer who specializes in making natural resource and conservation issues accessible for a broad audience. She is a contributing editor at OnEarth magazine and writes regularly for National Wildlife, BioScience, and New Scientist. Her work has appeared in Nature, Natural History, Audubon, High Country News, and Discovery Channel Online. She lives in Humboldt County, California. Klappentext At the close of the last Ice Age - right as the first humans reached the Americas - a whole menagerie of giant beasts vanished forever. In Once and Future Giants, Sharon Levy argues that understanding this mass extinction will be critical to the protection of threatened species worldwide. Zusammenfassung At the close of the last Ice Age - right as the first humans reached the Americas - a whole menagerie of giant beasts vanished forever. In Once and Future Giants, Sharon Levy argues that understanding this mass extinction will be critical to the protection of threatened species worldwide. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Elegy for the Mastodon 2. Mammoth Tracks 3. Giants Down Under 4. Wild Dreams 5. Wild Realities 6. The Big Heat 7. Dead Beasts Walking References Index

Product details

• Authors: BIOL15GENR, Sharon Levy, Sharon (Freelance Science Writer) Levy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2013
• EAN: 9780199931163
• ISBN: 978-0-19-993116-3
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, popular science, NATURE / Endangered Species, Endangered species & extinction of species, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Animal Ecology, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Zoology and animal sciences, Endangered species and extinction of species