001398394 000__ 03556cam\a2200493Ia\4500 001398394 001__ 1398394 001398394 005__ 20220606124244.0 001398394 006__ m\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\ 001398394 007__ cr\cnu---unuuu 001398394 008__ 220606s2011\\\\enkab\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001398394 019__ $$a715159436 001398394 020__ $$a9780199708420 (electronic bk.) 001398394 020__ $$a0199708428 (electronic bk.) 001398394 020__ $$z9780195370126 001398394 020__ $$z0195370120 001398394 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn704541791 001398394 035__ $$a(OCoLC)704541791 001398394 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10449705 001398394 035__ $$a446380 001398394 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$cN$T$$dYDXCP$$dEBLCP$$dE7B$$dCDX$$dMHW$$dMVS$$dOCLCQ$$dWAU 001398394 049__ $$aISEA 001398394 050_4 $$aQE721.2.E97$$bL48 2011eb 001398394 08204 $$a576.8/4$$222 001398394 1001_ $$aLevy, Sharon,$$d1959- 001398394 24510 $$aOnce & future giants$$h[electronic resource] :$$bwhat Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of Earth's largest animals /$$cSharon Levy. 001398394 2463_ $$aOnce and future giants 001398394 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2011. 001398394 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvi, 255 p.) :$$bill., map. 001398394 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001398394 5050_ $$aElegy for the mastodon -- Mammoth tracks -- Giants down under -- Wild dreams -- Wild realities -- The big heat -- Dead beasts walking. 001398394 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001398394 520__ $$a"Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and foraged on the marsh land now buried beneath Chicago's streets. Then, just as the first humans reached the Americas, these Ice Age giants vanished forever. In Once and Future Giants, science writer Sharon Levy digs through the evidence surrounding Pleistocene large animal ('megafauna') extinction events worldwide, showing that understanding this history--and our part in it--is crucial for protecting the elephants, polar bears, and other great creatures at risk today. These surviving relatives of the Ice Age beasts now face an intensified replay of that great die-off, as our species usurps the planet's last wild places while driving a warming trend more extreme than any in mammalian history. Inspired by a passion for the lost Pleistocene giants, some scientists advocate bringing elephants and cheetahs to the Great Plains as stand-ins for their extinct native brethren. By reintroducing big browsers and carnivores to North America, they argue, we could rescue some of the planet's most endangered animals while restoring healthy prairie ecosystems. Critics, including biologists enmeshed in the struggle to restore native species like the gray wolf and the bison, see the proposal as a dangerous distraction from more realistic and legitimate conservation efforts. Deftly navigating competing theories and emerging evidence, Once and Future Giants examines the extent of human influence on megafauna extinctions past and present, and explores innovative conservation efforts around the globe. The key to modern-day conservation, Levy suggests, may lie fossilized right under our feet"--Provided by publisher. 001398394 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001398394 650_0 $$aExtinction (Biology) 001398394 650_0 $$aPaleontology$$yPleistocene. 001398394 650_0 $$aWildlife conservation. 001398394 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 001398394 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aLevy, Sharon, 1959-$$tOnce and future giants.$$dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011$$z9780195370126$$w(DLC) 2010025763$$w(OCoLC)641525334 001398394 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 001398394 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10449705$$zOnline Access 001398394 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:446380$$pGLOBAL_SET 001398394 980__ $$aEBOOK 001398394 980__ $$aBIB 001398394 982__ $$aEbook 001398394 983__ $$aOnline 001398394 994__ $$a92$$bISE 001398394 999__ $$z634746784244417231