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The mammals of the Caucasus : a history of the evolution of the fauna = (Mlekopitayushchie Kavkaza) (Istoriya formirovaniya fauny)

Title
The mammals of the Caucasus : a history of the evolution of the fauna = (Mlekopitayushchie Kavkaza) (Istoriya formirovaniya fauny) / N.K. Vereskchagin ; Chief editor, E.N. Pavlovskii ; Editor of this volume: A.A. Strelkov ; Translated from Russian [by A. Lerman and B. Rabinovich ; edited by M. Loeb].
Author
Vereshchagin, N. K. (Nikolaĭ Kuzʹmich)
Publication
Jerusalem : Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1967.

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Mifʻal tirgume ha-madaʻ ha-Yiśreʼeli.
Description
iii, 816 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Mlekopitai︠u︡shchie Kavkaza. English
Alternative Title
  • Mlekopitai︠u︡shchie Kavkaza.
  • Mlekopitayushchie Kavkaza (Istoriya formirovaniya fauny)
Subject
  • Mammals > Caucasus
  • Mammals, Fossil
  • Mammals
  • Mammals, Fossil
  • Mammals > Caucasus
  • Mammifères > Caucase
  • Caucasus
Note
  • At head of title: Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Zoological Institute. Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaidzhan SSR.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 591-685.
Contents
Part 1: Paleontological and archaeological background of fauna formation. Development of Caucasian landscapes and mammalian fauna in the tertiary ; Development of Caucasian landscapes and mammalian fauna in the quaternary -- Part 2: Analysis of the origin Caucasian quaternary mammals in relation to their distribution, ecology, and morphogenesis. Review of the early and contemporary populations and ranges of some mammals ; Stratigraphic and geographic variation in Caucasian quaternary mammals -- Part 3: Geographic zonation and latest evolutionary trends of mammalian fauna of the Caucasian isthmus. Analysis of Holocene mammalian fauna and scheme of zonation ; Anthropogenic changes in mammalian ecological assemblages and ranges in various zones -- Conclusion -- Supplement Part 1: Yield and supply of animal pelts on the Caucasian isthmus from 1925 to 1955 -- Supplement Part 2: Maps of animal distribution on the Caucasus.
LCCN
68062014
OCLC
  • ocm00453478
  • 453478
  • SCSB-318705
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library