[Aqualist] New book and offer: Australia's Mammal Extinctions

[Kathryn Fitzsimmons]

Dear fellow Quaternarists,

Please find below information about a recently published book which may be 
of interest. Cambridge University Press has set up a promotion whereby AQUA 
members will receive 25% off the price of the book until 1/8/2007. 
Additionally, all titles from this publisher ordered via their website 
(http://www.cambridge.org/aus/) are available with 20% discount until 
1/8/2007. To receive the discount, simply enter the promotion code AQUA 
when prompted at the checkout stage.

Australia's Mammal Extinctions
A 50,000-Year History
Chris Johnson
James Cook University, North Queensland

Paperback
(ISBN-13: 9780521686600 | ISBN-10: 0521686601)
·       Also available in ·     Hardback
·       Published November 2006
AUD$49.95 (inclusive of GST)
Export price AUD$45.41

Of the forty mammal species known to have vanished in the world in the last 
200 years, almost half have been Australian. Our continent has the worst 
record of mammal extinctions, with over 65 mammal species having vanished 
in the last 50 000 years. It began with the great wave of megafauna 
extinctions in the last ice-age, and continues today, with many mammal 
species vulnerable to extinction. The question of why mammals became 
extinct, and why so many became extinct in Australia has been debated by 
experts for over a century and a half and we are no closer to agreement on 
the causes. This book introduces readers to the great mammal extinction 
debate. Chris Johnson takes us on a detective-like tour of these 
extinctions, uncovering how, why and when they occurred.

Further information about the book can be found at:
<http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521686600>htt 
p://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn<http://www.cambridge. 
org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521686600>=9780521686600

A review of "Australia's Mammal Extinctions" will be published in the 
upcoming issue of Quaternary Australasia.

Kind regards,

Kat Fitzsimmons


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Kathryn Fitzsimmons
PhD Candidate
CRC LEME (and)
Department of Earth and Marine Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Ph: (02) 6125 2059
Fax: (02) 6125 5544
kathryn.fitzsimmons at anu.edu.au

Editor
Quaternary Australasia
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