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1 online resource (360 pages) |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Introduction; 1 Some pages of history; Postscript; 2 Materials and methods; Materials; Methods; Pollen-spore analysis (palynological analysis); Pollen-spore flora; Reconstruction of the climate; 3 The mammoth faunal complex; Eco-geographic characteristics; DNA studies of mammoths and their food; Mammoth DNA; DNA from food remains; Conclusions; Part 2 The mammoth fauna: unique discoveries in Siberia; 4 The Berezovka mammoth; Introduction; Herz's report. |
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Report of the head of an expedition of the Imperial Academy of Sciences to the Berezovka River to excavate a mammoth corpse. Reported at the meeting of the Physico-Mathematical Department, February 27, 1902Organizing the expedition; Letter of O.F. Herz, Head of the Expedition, to Vladimir Vladimirovich Zalensky, Academician, Director of the Zoological Museum, Imperial Academy of Sciences. Yakutsk, June 14-27, 1901; Srednekolymsk, August 24, 1901; On the banks of the Berezovka River; August 29; August 30; August 31 to September 1; September 3; September 5; September 6; September 7. |
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September 8September 9; September 10; September 11; September 12; September 13; September 14; September 15; September 16; September 17; September 18; September 19; September 20; September 21; September 22; September 23; September 24; September 25; September 26; September 27; September 28; September 29; September 30; October 1; October 2; October 3; October 4; October 5; October 6; October 7; October 8; October 9; October 10; October 11; October 12-14; October 15; Material obtained by the expedition launched to the Kolyma-Berezovka to excavate the mammoth; Return to Saint Petersburg. |
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Postscript5 The Taymyr mammoth; 6 The Selerikan horse; Plant remains from the gastrointestinal tract; The surrounding deposits; The horse in context; Conclusions; 7 The Mylakhchin bison; Conclusions; 8 The Shandrin mammoth; Conclusions; 9 The Kirgilyakh mammoth; Conclusions; 10 The Khatanga mammoth; Pollen and spore analysis; Climatic conditions; Conclusions; 11 The Yuribei mammoth; Analysis of samples from the mammoth and surrounding deposits; Paleovegetation cover and paleoclimates; Conclusions; 12 The Jarkov mammoth; Conclusions; 13 The mammoth fauna of the Berelekh River basin. |
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ConclusionsPart 3 Solving the mysteries of the late Pleistocene environment and fauna; 14 Food remains of fossil herbivorous mammals, and floras of the past; Conclusions; 15 The vegetation and climate of Siberia in the late Pleistocene and Holocene; Regional features of the vegetation and environment of northern Siberia; The Gydan Peninsula area; The Taymyr Peninsula area; The Indigirka-Kolyma river basins; Main stages in the history of vegetation, climate, and the mammoth fauna; The late Pleistocene; The Kazantsevo Interglacial; The Zyryanka Ice Age; The Karginskiy Interglacial. |
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The Sartan Ice Age. |
| Summary |
A summary of thirty years of Siberian research, presenting evidence from the fossilised remains of herbivorous animals. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mammoths.
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Mammoths. |
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Paleoclimatology -- Holocene.
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Paleoclimatology. |
| Chronological Term |
Holocene |
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Paleoclimatology -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
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Russia (Federation) -- Siberia. |
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Paleobotany -- Holocene.
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Paleobotany. |
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Paleobotany -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
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Extinction (Biology)
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Extinction (Biology) |
| Chronological Term |
From 10 thousand years ago |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ukraintseva, Valentina V. Mammoths and the Environment. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9781107027169 |
| ISBN |
9781107291232 |
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1107291232 |
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9781107027169 (hardback) |
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1107027160 (hardback) |
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9781299772960 (MyiLibrary) |
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129977296X (MyiLibrary) |
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9781107290181 (electronic book) |
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110729018X (electronic book) |
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9781461936787 (electronic book) |
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1461936780 (electronic book) |
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9781139225328 (electronic book) |
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1139225324 (electronic book) |
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