Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna:
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Main Author: Webb, Steve (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington Elsevier Science 2013
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Northwestern Australia
Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans' first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the 'blitzkrieg' view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (329 pages)
ISBN:9780124078406
0124078400
9780124077904

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