Pleistocene Mammals of Europe

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-202-30953-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 474 g

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all the Pleistocene species in Europe, classified according to modern taxonomic principles. For each species there is a description of its descent and migration history, its range, and its mode of life. The first version of this book was a semipopular paperback in the Swedish Aldus series.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kurten, Bjorn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

One: Faunal Sequence in Europe; 1: Setting the Stage; 2: The Villafranchian, Prelude to the Ice Age; 3: Chronology of the Ice Age; 4: The Age of Interglacials; 5: The Age of Glaciations; Two: Pleistocene Mammal Species; 6: Introducing the Pleistocene Mammals; 7: Order Insectivora; 8: Order Chiroptera; 9: Order Primates; 10: Order Carnivora; 11: Order Proboscidea; 12: Order Perissodactyla; 13: Order Artiodactyla; 14: Order Rodentia; 15: Order Lagomorpha; Three: The Changing Fauna; 16: The Species Problem in the Quaternary; 17: Size and Numbers; 18: Origination of Species; 19: Faunal Turnover; 20: Animal Geography; 21: Man and the Fauna

Über Autor(innen)

Bjorn Kurtel