Mammoths and the environment [electronic resource] / Valentina V. Ukraintseva

Author:: Ukraintseva, Valentina V.
Published:: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) : illustrations, map

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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Introduction -- 1.Some pages of history -- 2.Materials and methods -- 3.The mammoth faunal complex -- pt. 2 The mammoth fauna: unique discoveries in Siberia -- 4.The Berezovka mammoth -- 5.The Taymyr mammoth -- 6.The Selerikan horse -- 7.The Mylakhchin bison -- 8.The Shandrin mammoth -- 9.The Kirgilyakh mammoth -- 10.The Khatanga mammoth -- 11.The Yuribei mammoth -- 12.The Jarkov mammoth -- 13.The mammoth fauna of the Berelekh River basin -- pt. 3 Solving the mysteries of the late Pleistocene environment and fauna -- 14.Food remains of fossil herbivorous mammals, and floras of the past -- 15.The vegetation and climate of Siberia in the late Pleistocene and Holocene -- 16.Why did the mammoths die out so quickly? -- 17.Conclusions.

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9781139225328

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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