Table of contents for Terra : our 100-million-year-old ecosystem--and the threats that now put it at risk / Michael Novacek.

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Contents
Prologue: The Hyena
Part One: The Way of the World
1. A Creature in the Forest
2. Lush Life
3. Ephemeral Life
4. Elephants, Dung Beetles, and Ecosystems
5. Evolution¿Life through a New Lens
Part Two: The World Becomes Modern
6. Ancient Ground
7. Imperial Collapse
8. The Dinosaurs of Middle Earth
9. A Flower in the Forest
10. The Garden of Delights
11. Toward a New Ecosystem
12. Dinosaur Camelot
Part Three: Death and Resurrection
13. A Puzzling Catastrophe
14. The Era After
Part Four: Terra Humana
15. Who They Were
16. The Exterminators
17. The Cultivators
18. Land Rush
19. Dark Forces
20. The Waste of a World
21. Heat Wave
22. Future World 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Extinction (Biology).
Evolution (Biology).
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Paleontology.
Environmental degradation.