000319017 000__ 02004cam\a22003614a\4500 000319017 001__ 319017 000319017 005__ 20210513115345.0 000319017 008__ 070302s2007\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000319017 010__ $$a 2007009126 000319017 020__ $$a9780374273255 (alk. paper) 000319017 020__ $$a0374273251 (alk. paper) 000319017 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm85814141 000319017 035__ $$a319017 000319017 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dC#P$$dYDXCP$$dKUT$$dVP@ 000319017 049__ $$aISEA 000319017 05000 $$aQE721.2.E97$$bN68 2007 000319017 08200 $$a576.8/4$$222 000319017 1001_ $$aNovacek, Michael J. 000319017 24510 $$aTerra :$$bour 100-million-year-old ecosystem--and the threats that now put it at risk /$$cMichael Novacek. 000319017 250__ $$a1st ed. 000319017 260__ $$aNew York :$$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$$cc2007. 000319017 300__ $$axxiv, 451 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm. 000319017 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [357]-425) and index. 000319017 5050_ $$aPrologue: The hyena -- pt. 1: The way of the world. A creature in the forest -- Lush life -- Ephemeral life -- Elephants, dung beetles, and ecosystems -- Evolution : life through a new lens -- pt. 2: The world becomes modern. Ancient ground -- Imperial collapse -- The dinosaurs of Middle Earth -- A flower in the forest -- The garden of delights -- Toward a new ecosystem -- Dinosaur Camelot -- pt. 3: Death and resurrection. A puzzling catastrophe -- The era after -- pt. 4: Terra Humana. Who they were -- The exterminators -- The cultivators -- Land rush -- Dark forces -- The waste of a world -- Heat wave -- Future world. 000319017 650_0 $$aExtinction (Biology) 000319017 650_0 $$aEvolution (Biology) 000319017 650_0 $$aNature$$xEffect of human beings on. 000319017 650_0 $$aPaleontology. 000319017 650_0 $$aEnvironmental degradation. 000319017 85200 $$bgen$$hQE721.2.E97$$iN68$$i2007 000319017 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007009126.html 000319017 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0711/2007009126-b.html 000319017 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0711/2007009126-d.html 000319017 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:319017$$pGLOBAL_SET 000319017 980__ $$aBIB 000319017 980__ $$aBOOK 000319017 994__ $$aC0$$bISE