Pleistocene Mammals of Europe

Informationen zum Autor Bjorn Kurtel Klappentext This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all the Pleistocene species in Europe, classified according to modern taxonomic principles. For each species there is a description of its descent and migration history, its range, and its mode of life. The first version of this book was a semipopular paperback in the Swedish Aldus series. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive treatment of the Pleistocene species in Europe, classified according to modern taxonomic principles. For each species, there is a description of its descent and migration history, its range, and its mode of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis One: Faunal Sequence in Europe; 1: Setting the Stage; 2: The Villafranchian, Prelude to the Ice Age; 3: Chronology of the Ice Age; 4: The Age of Interglacials; 5: The Age of Glaciations; Two: Pleistocene Mammal Species; 6: Introducing the Pleistocene Mammals; 7: Order Insectivora; 8: Order Chiroptera; 9: Order Primates; 10: Order Carnivora; 11: Order Proboscidea; 12: Order Perissodactyla; 13: Order Artiodactyla; 14: Order Rodentia; 15: Order Lagomorpha; Three: The Changing Fauna; 16: The Species Problem in the Quaternary; 17: Size and Numbers; 18: Origination of Species; 19: Faunal Turnover; 20: Animal Geography; 21: Man and the Fauna

Product details

• Authors: Bjorn Kurten, Kurten Bjorn
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9780202309538
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30953-8
• No. of pages: 317
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); prehistory, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Human biology, Prehistoric archaeology, Physical anthropology, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)