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Mammalogy Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology

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ISBN-10: 0801886953

ISBN-13: 9780801886959

Edition: 3rd 2007

Authors: Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, George A. Feldhamer

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The Class Mammalia is amazingly diverse, ranging from whales to marsupials to bats to primates. The more than 5,400 species occupy many habitats, with mammals present on all the continents. They are rare only on Antarctica and a few isolated islands. Mammals present a complex set of conservation and management issues. Some species have become more numerous with the rise of human populations, while others have been extirpated or nearly so -- such as the Caribbean monk seal, the thylacine, the Chinese river dolphin, and the Pyrenean ibex. In this new edition of their classic textbook, George A. Feldhamer and his colleagues cover the many aspects of mammalogy. Thoroughly revised and…    
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Book details

List price: $99.50
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 9/7/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.894
Language: English

George A. Feldhamer is a professor of zoology at Southern Illinois University and coauthor or coeditor of several books including Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation and Mammals of the National Parks, both published by Johns Hopkins. Lee C. Drickamer is the Regents' Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University. Stephen H. Vessey is professor emeritus of biology at Bowling Green State University. He and Drickamer are coauthors of Animal Behavior. Joseph F. Merritt is senior mammalogist with the Illinois Natural History Survey, author of Guide to the Mammals of Pennsylvania, and associate editor of the Journal of Mammalogy…    

The study of mammals
History of mammalogy
Methods for studying mammals
Evolution and dental characteristics
Biogeography
Integument, support, and movement
Modes of feeding
Control systems and biological rhythms
Environmental adaptations
Reproduction
Monotremes and marsupials
Afrosoricida, erinaceomorpha, soricomorpha, macroscelidea, scandentia, and dermoptera
Chiroptera
Primates
Xenarthra [cingulata and pilosa], pholidota, and tubulidentata
Carnivora
Cetacea
Rodentia and lagomorpha
Proboscidea, hyracoidea, and sirenia
Perissodactyla and artiodactyla
Communication, aggression, and spatial relations
Sexual selection, parental care, and mating systems
Social behavior
Dispersal, habitat selection, and migration
Populations and life history
Community ecology
Parasites and diseases
Domestication and domesticated mammals
Conservation