Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) |
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text file |
Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Contents |
Old bones, footprints, and trace evidence of life -- Taphonomy : putting the dead to work -- Determining age and context -- On being the right size -- Show me your teeth and I will tell you what you are -- Stable isotopes and the reconstruction of mammalian movement, diet and trophic relationships -- Non-traditional 'fossils' -- Reconstructing past climate -- The past as prologue : the importance of a deeper temporal perspective in climate change research -- Biodiversity on Earth. |
Summary |
"This book provides an overview of how we obtain information from long-dead mammals and explains what this information can tell us of relevance to ongoing pressing environmental issues"-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
Subject |
Paleoecology.
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Paleoecology. |
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Mammal remains (Archaeology)
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Mammal remains (Archaeology) |
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Mammals, Fossil.
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Mammals, Fossil. |
Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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ISBN |
1421441411 |
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9781421441412 (electronic book) |
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9781421441405 |
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1421441403 |
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