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Author:

Levy, Sharon, 1959-

Title:

Once & future giants : what Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals / Sharon Levy.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xvi, 255 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Extinction (Biology)
Paleontology--Pleistocene.
Mammals--Effect of human beings on.
Prehistoric peoples.
Hunting, Prehistoric.
Paleoecology--Pleistocene.
Mammals--Conservation.
Wildlife conservation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.

Contents:

Elegy for the mastodon -- Mammoth tracks -- Giants down under -- Wild dreams -- Wild realities -- The big heat -- Dead beasts walking.

ISBN:

0195370120 (hc.)
9780195370126 (hc.)

LCCN:

2010025763

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)