Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna.
Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species grea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2013.
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| Series: | Elsevier insights Corridors to extinction and the Australian megafauna
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans' first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the 'blitzkrieg' view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that. |
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| Item Description: | Northwestern Australia. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (329 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780124078406 0124078400 9780124077904 0124077900 |