The great extinctions : what causes them & how they shape life / Norman MacLeod.

By: MacLeod, Norman, 1953- [author.]Contributor(s): Natural History Museum (London, England) [issuing body.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2013Description: 208 pages : colour illustrations, charts, maps ; 26 cmContent type: text | cartographic image | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781770853270 (pbk.); 1770853278 (pbk.); 9781770851870; 1770851879Other title: ExtinctionsSubject(s): Biodiversity conservation | Paleoecology | Evolution (Biology) | Extinction (Biology) | PaleontologyDDC classification: 576.8/4 LOC classification: QE721.2.E97 | M33 2013
Contents:
What is extinction? -- Evolution, fossils and extinction -- Patterns in extinction data -- Kinds of extinction -- Causes of extinction -- Precambrian and Cambrian extinctions -- The end-Ordovician extinctions -- The Late Devonian extinctions -- The Late Permian extinctions -- The Late Triassic extinctions -- The end-Cretaceous extinctions -- The Palaeogene extinctions -- The Neogene and Quaternary extinctions -- The modern and future extinctions -- Summary and conclusions.
Summary: A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming "sixth extinction". Explores the history of this search, its subjects, its controversies, its current conclusions, and their implications for our efforts to preserve Earth's biodiversity. It explains what extinction is, what causes it and whether it is preventable, and by comparing past geological extinction events, it aims to predict what will happen in the future--P. [4] of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index.

What is extinction? -- Evolution, fossils and extinction -- Patterns in extinction data -- Kinds of extinction -- Causes of extinction -- Precambrian and Cambrian extinctions -- The end-Ordovician extinctions -- The Late Devonian extinctions -- The Late Permian extinctions -- The Late Triassic extinctions -- The end-Cretaceous extinctions -- The Palaeogene extinctions -- The Neogene and Quaternary extinctions -- The modern and future extinctions -- Summary and conclusions.

A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming "sixth extinction". Explores the history of this search, its subjects, its controversies, its current conclusions, and their implications for our efforts to preserve Earth's biodiversity. It explains what extinction is, what causes it and whether it is preventable, and by comparing past geological extinction events, it aims to predict what will happen in the future--P. [4] of cover.

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