Holocene Extinctions

Zusatztext This volume represents a valuable contribution to the literature on the late Quaternary and particularly on extinction dynamics. It should be of considerable use to conservation biologists and paleontologists! as well as anyone interested in the historical record of the Earth. Informationen zum Autor Samuel Turvey is Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, a department of the Zoological Society of London. He is a conservation biologist with a principal interest in the history and prehistory of human-caused extinctions and in developing conservation strategies for today's threatened species. He was deeply involved with the conservation efforts surrounding the Yangtze River dolphin, and was the lead author of the 2007 paper in Biology Letters which declaredthat it was probably extinct, generating tremendous international media attention. He has published numerous other academic papers in a range of scientific journals, including Nature. Klappentext This volume describes and analyses the range and duration of global extinction events that have occurred since the end of the last Ice Age glaciation, as well their relationship to both previous and subsequent species losses. Zusammenfassung This volume describes and analyses the range and duration of global extinction events that have occurred since the end of the last Ice Age glaciation, as well their relationship to both previous and subsequent species losses.

Summary

This volume describes and analyses the range and duration of global extinction events that have occurred since the end of the last Ice Age glaciation, as well their relationship to both previous and subsequent species losses.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel T. Turvey, Samuel T. (Institute of Zoology Turvey
• Assisted by: Samuel T. Turvey (Editor), Samuel T. (Institute of Zoology Turvey (Editor), Turvey Samuel T. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2009
• EAN: 9780199535095
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953509-5
• No. of pages: 366
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Evolution, NATURE / Endangered Species, NATURE / Natural Disasters, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Biodiversity, Endangered species & extinction of species, Natural disasters, Endangered species and extinction of species, Biodiversity / Ecosystems