Corridors to extinction and the Australian megafauna
Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species grea...
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ftbondunivcris:oai:https://pure.bond.edu.au/:publications/24597987-741a-440b-9800-68240f7b0dd6 2023-05-15T16:22:56+02:00 Corridors to extinction and the Australian megafauna Webb, Steve 2013 https://research.bond.edu.au/en/publications/24597987-741a-440b-9800-68240f7b0dd6 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124077904 https://www.elsevier.com/books/corridors-to-extinction-and-the-australian-megafauna/webb/978-0-12-407790-4 eng eng Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Webb , S 2013 , Corridors to extinction and the Australian megafauna . Elsevier , Burlington . < https://www.elsevier.com/books/corridors-to-extinction-and-the-australian-megafauna/webb/978-0-12-407790-4 > book 2013 ftbondunivcris 2023-01-29T15:48:46Z Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans’ first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the 'blitzkrieg' view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that at least Australia's megafauna did not succumb to human agency, not because humans probably did not hunt the odd animal but because the an infinitely more logical reason lies in the climatic conditions of the Quaternary Ice Ages and the affect they had on continental geography, environment, climate and, most importantly, the biogeography of the megafauna. This book presents the evidence of this theory, demonstrating the biogeographic approach to Australia’s megafauna extinction. Book Great auk Steller's sea cow Bond University Research Portal |
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Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans’ first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the 'blitzkrieg' view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that at least Australia's megafauna did not succumb to human agency, not because humans probably did not hunt the odd animal but because the an infinitely more logical reason lies in the climatic conditions of the Quaternary Ice Ages and the affect they had on continental geography, environment, climate and, most importantly, the biogeography of the megafauna. This book presents the evidence of this theory, demonstrating the biogeographic approach to Australia’s megafauna extinction. |
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Webb , S 2013 , Corridors to extinction and the Australian megafauna . Elsevier , Burlington . < https://www.elsevier.com/books/corridors-to-extinction-and-the-australian-megafauna/webb/978-0-12-407790-4 > |
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