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Aimer's Canary

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Miner's Canary UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF EXTINCTION

NILES ELDREDGE

Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey

Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Copyright © 1991 by Niles Eldredge All Rights Reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eldredge, Niles. The miner's canary: unraveling the mysteries of extinction / Niles Eldredge p. cm.—(Princeton science library) Originally published: New York : Prentice Hall Press, © 1991 Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-03655-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Extinction (Biology) 2. Ecology. 3. Biological diversity. I. Title. II. Series. [QE721.2.E97E57 1994] S75\7—