Extinctions / edited by Matthew H. Nitecki.

Other author Nitecki, Matthew H.
Other author Field Museum of Natural History.
Other author Spring Systematics Symposium 1983 : Field Museum of Natural History)
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.
Descriptionix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Death of species / David M. Raup -- Patterns of extinction in the fossil record of vascular plants / Andrew H. Knoll -- Marine mass extinction / Stephen M. Stanley -- Extinction in hominid evolution / Alan Walker -- Catastrophic extinctions and late Pleistocene Blitzkrieg / Paul S. Martin -- "Normal" extinctions of isolated populations / Jared M. Diamond -- Mammalian extinction and biogeography in the southern Rocky Mountains / Bruce D. Patterson -- Ecosystem decay of Amazon forest remnants / Thomas E. Lovejoy ... [et al.]
Local noteLittle-240939 - $16.00
General noteBased on papers presented at the Sixth Annual Spring Systematics Symposium, sponsored and held at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, on May 13-14, 1983.
General noteIncludes indexes.
LCCN 84040253
ISBN0226586898 :
ISBN0226586901 (pbk.) :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QE721.2.E97 E97 1984 ✔ Available Place Hold