Fossils and strata volume 57: diversity and dynamics of the mammalian fauna in Denmark throughout the last glacial–interglacial cycle, 115–0 kyr BP

This monograph presents the changes in diversity and distribution in time andspace of the mammalian fauna in Denmark and adjacent areas throughout the Weichselian glaciation and the Holocene (1150 kyr BP). In all, 77 terrestrial andmarine mammal species have been identified and described in details as regards first and last appearance data, number of dated records and the inferred time range in the Danish/south Scandinavian area. The changes and their possible causes are analyzed and discussed in relation to climate-induced environmentalchanges as advances and retreats of the ice cap, vegetational succession and changes in land/sea configurations and for the Holocene also island formationsand increasing human impact.

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-3483-8
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 96
• Fecha Publicación: 04/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés