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- PublisherLondon: Natural History Museum Publications
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0565011189
- ISBN 13 9780565011185
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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Owls, caves and fossils: predation, preservation and accumulation of small mammal bones in caves, with an analysis of the Pleistocene cave faunas from Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK
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London: Natural History Museum Publications, 1990
ISBN 10: 0565011189
ISBN 13: 9780565011185
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 231 pages: illustrations. Contents: 1. Introduction to Small Mammal Taphonomy -- 2. Predators and Predation -- 3. Modifications of Small Mammal Bones -- 4. Cave Formation and Taphonomy -- 5. The Cave Deposits at Westbury-Sub-Mendip -- 6. The Westbury Small Mammals Faunas -- 7. Palaeoecology of the Westbury. Summary:Owls, Caves, and Fossils is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated account of small mammal taphonomy. The study of small mammal remains has previously been neglected in favor of such large mammals as elephants, bovids, and carnivores, and Andrews remedies this deficiency by analyzing the taphonomic processes significant in the preservation of small mammal fauna in caves. Subjects: Birds of prey.Predatory animals. Cave animals England Westbury.Mammals, Fossil. Paleontology. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 352030
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Owls, caves and fossils: predation, preservation and accumulation of small mammal bones in caves, with an analysis of the Pleistocene cave faunas from Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK
Published by
London: Natural History Museum Publications, 1990
ISBN 10: 0565011189
ISBN 13: 9780565011185
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 231 pages: illustrations. Contents: 1. Introduction to Small Mammal Taphonomy -- 2. Predators and Predation -- 3. Modifications of Small Mammal Bones -- 4. Cave Formation and Taphonomy -- 5. The Cave Deposits at Westbury-Sub-Mendip -- 6. The Westbury Small Mammals Faunas -- 7. Palaeoecology of the Westbury. Summary:Owls, Caves, and Fossils is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated account of small mammal taphonomy. The study of small mammal remains has previously been neglected in favor of such large mammals as elephants, bovids, and carnivores, and Andrews remedies this deficiency by analyzing the taphonomic processes significant in the preservation of small mammal fauna in caves. Subjects: Birds of prey.Predatory animals. Cave animals England Westbury.Mammals, Fossil. Paleontology. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 352030
Quantity: 1 available