Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia extinction
(eBook)

v. 1. Kinds of extinctions ; Evolution and extinction ; The importance of extinction to society ; Georges Cuvier and the discovery of extinction ; Geologic time scale ; Stratigraphic completeness ; Extinction and the tree of life ; Taxonomic compendia ; IUCN red list ; Extinction rates (overview) ; Extinction rates and the fossil record ; Methods for estimating extinction risk ; The red queen ; Island biogeography ; Population dynamics ; Biodiversity refuges (refugia) ; Species monitoring ; Endangered species ; Island faunas ; Plant, fossil vertebrate, and marine invertebrate records ; Extinction patterns : terrestrial vs. marine ; Role of zoological gardens ; Role of botanical gardens and herbaria ; Role of natural history museums ; Trilobites ; Ammonites ; Non-mammalian synapsids ; Marine reptiles ; Non-avian dinosaurs ; Hominin species ; Fossil and modern plant extinctions ; Marine invertebrates (modern) ; Fishes (modern) ; Sharks, rays, and chimaeras ; Amphibians (modern) ; Reptiles (modern) ; Birds (modern) ; Mammals (modern) ; Large cats ; African megaherbivores ; Marine mammals ; Primates ; Trees ; Cambrian extinctions (biomeres) ; The end-Ordovician extinction ; The Late Devonian and end-Devonian extinctions ; The end-Permina extinction ; the end-Triassic extinction

v. 2. The end-Jurassic extinction ; The end-Cretaceous extinction ; Paleocene-Eocene turnover ; The Eocene-Oligocene extinction ; Late Quaternary extinctions ; North America (10,000-11,500 years ago) ; Extinction of the Eurasian megafauna ; South American native mammals ; Australia (50,000 years ago) ; Madagascar (2,000 years ago) ; New Zealand (500 years ago) ; Mediterranean islands (9,000 years ago) ; Modern biodiversity crisis ; Historical extinctions (1600-1850) ; Historical extinctions (1850-present) ; Subrecent oceanic island extinctions ; Tropical rain forests ; Coral reef ecosystems ; Extraterrestrial impact as a cause of extinction ; Large igneous province (LIP) volcanism ; Sea-level change ; Anoxia ; Climate change ; Habitat loss ; Agriculture ; Development ; Invasive species ; Fishing ; Hunting/food preferences ; Ecological economics ; Ecosystem services ; The relative cost of saving species ; Should extinction be prevented? ; The politics of extinction ; The future of life on Earth.