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.
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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.
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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
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780202309538
Publisert
2007-08-30
Utgiver
Vendor
AldineTransaction
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
326
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