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Most people are familiar with the dodo and the dinosaur, but extinction has occurred throughout the history of life, with the result that nearly all the species that have ever existed are now extinct. Today, species are disappearing at an ever increasing rate, whilst past losses have occurred during several great crises. Issues such as habitat destruction, conservation, climate change, and, during major crises, volacanism and meteorite impact, can all contribute towards the demise of a group.
In this Very Short Introduction, Paul B. Wignall looks at the causes and nature of extinctions, past and present, and the factors that can make a species vulnerable. Summarising what we know about all of the major and minor exctinction events, he examines some of the greatest debates in modern science, such as the relative role of climate and humans in the death of the Pleistocene megafauna, including mammoths and giant ground sloths, and the roles that global warming, ocean acidification, and deforestation are playing in present-day extinctions
Introduction
1: Causes of extinction
2: Modern extinction and conservation
3: Extinction in the fossil record
4: Mass extinctions
5: Causes of mass extinctions
6: Ice Age extinctions and man
Further reading
Index
"By covering a currently hot topic, this book will capture the interest of students, researchers, and nonprofessionals alike." - Conservation Biology
"This book will capture the interest of students, researchers, and nonprofessionals alike" - Conservation Biology
"Extinction is a pressing societal and political problem, but we must get the science right. In this excellent book, Paul Wignall draws on a broad range of recent studies on the great mass extinctions of the past and the present biodiversity crisis to provide the evidence that will inform the debate." - Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
ISBN : 9780198807285
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