Terra: our 100-million-year-old ecosystem--and the threats that now put it at risk

Michael Novacek

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Table of Contents:: Prologue: The hyena
pt. 1: The way of the world. A creature in the forest
Lush life
Ephemeral life
Elephants, dung beetles, and ecosystems
Evolution : life through a new lens
pt. 2: The world becomes modern. Ancient ground
Imperial collapse
The dinosaurs of Middle Earth
A flower in the forest
The garden of delights
Toward a new ecosystem
Dinosaur Camelot
pt. 3: Death and resurrection. A puzzling catastrophe
The era after
pt. 4: Terra Humana. Who they were
The exterminators
The cultivators
Land rush
Dark forces
The waste of a world
Heat wave
Future world.
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Author/Creator:: Novacek, Michael J.
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Terra: our 100-million-year-old ecosystem--and the threats that now put it at risk [by Novacek, M.J.]
Subjects:: Extinction (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)
Nature — Effect of human beings on
Paleontology
Environmental degradation
Nature
General Notes:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-425) and index.
Physical Description:: xxiv, 451 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:: QE721.2.E97 N68 2007
ISBNs:: 9780374273255 (hardcover, alk. paper)
0374273251 (hardcover, alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2007009126
OCLC Numbers:: 85814141