Biodiversity response to climate change in the middle Pleistocene
The Porcupine Cave fauna from Colorado
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20417223 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony D Barnosky (0000-0003-0265-7113) |
| Editors | Anthony Barnosky |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 385 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Biodiversity response to climate change in the middle Pleistocene (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/california/9780520240827.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2497409391 |
| ISBN | 9780520240827 |
| Open Library | OL18215158M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This book chronicles the discovery and analysis of animal fossils found in one of the most important paleontological sites in the world: Porcupine Cave, located at an elevation of 9,500 feet in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. With tens of thousands of identified specimens, this site has become the key source of information on the fauna of North America's higher elevations between approximately 1 million and 600,000 years ago, a period that saw the advance and retreat of glaciers numerous times. Until now, little has been understood about how this dramatic climate change affected life during the middle Pleistocene. In addition to presenting data from Porcupine Cave, this study also presents analysis on what the data from the site show about the evolutionary and ecological adjustments that occurred in this period, shedding light on how one of the world's most pressing environmental concerns—global climate change—can influence life on earth.
Archaeology · Biodiversity · Biology · Cave · Climate change · Colorado Rocky Mountains · ecological adaptation · Elevation (ballistics) · Fauna · faunal evolution · fossil mammals · Geography · glacial-interglacial cycles · Glacier · Middle Pleistocene · paleoclimate · Period (music) · Physical geography · Pleistocene · Porcupine · Ecology · Ecology and biodiversity studies · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Animals, fossil · Climatic changes · Climatic factors · Colorado · Environmental aspects · Fossil Animals · Fossil Vertebrates · History · Paleoecology · Park County · united states · Vertebrates, fossil
Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments
High-elevation late Pleistocene (MIS 6–5) vertebrate faunas from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado, and small-mammal community resilience to climate change since the last glacial maximum
Stable isotopes reflect the ecological stability of two high-elevation mammals from the late Quaternary of Colorado
Assessing the Causes of Late Pleistocene Extinctions on the Continents
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2019 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |