Mammoths and the environment /
- 出版日期：2013.
- 出版者：Cambridge University Press,
- 页数：xi, 346 p. :
- 出版地：Cambridge :
- 第一责任说明：Valentina V. Ukraintseva.
- 尺寸：24 cm.
- 分类号：a565
- ISBN：978-1-107-02716-9(hdk.) :
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02h0041323 20140717100023.0 120417s2013 enkab frb |001|||eng | 978-1-107-02716-9(hdk.) : CNY940.00 DLC eng DLC rda CcBjTSG e-urs-- QE882.P8 U47 2012 569/.670957 23 a565 aP532 ; aQ915.878 v5 ; v5 Ukraintseva, Valentina V. Mammoths and the environment / Valentina V. Ukraintseva. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. xi, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-337) and index. Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Some pages of history; 2. Material and methods; 3. The mammoth faunal complex; 4. Solving the mysteries of the Siberian mammoth and its companions; 5. Food remains of fossil herbivorous mammals as indicators of Late Quaternary floras in the North of Siberia; 6. Vegetation and climate of Siberia in the Late Quaternary; 7. Why did the mammoths die out so quickly?; 8. Summary; Glossary; References; Index. "The study of fossilised remains of herbivorous animals, particularly those rare findings with well-preserved gastrointestinal tracts filled with plant remains, is crucial to our understanding of the environment in which they lived. Summarising 30 years of research, Ukraintseva presents evidence on plants once eaten by Siberia's major herbivorous mammals. The collection of pollen and plant spores from food remains sheds light on the vegetation of these ancient habitats, enabling researchers to reconstruct local floras of the time. This also promotes further insight into the causes of the extinction of various species due to changing environmental conditions and food availability. Providing a history of the research undertaken, the book also includes specific chapters on the Cherski horse and bison, along with the vegetation and climate of Siberia in the late Anthropogene period, making it a lasting reference tool for graduate students and researchers in the field" Mammoths. ; Paleoclimatology ; Paleoclimatology ; Paleobotany ; Paleobotany ; Extinction (Biology) Holocene. ; Holocene. Russia (Federation) ; Siberia. ; Russia (Federation) ; Siberia. aCN b010001 010001 565 Uk7 lxl1401 h1 ; rCNY940.00