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Mammalogy : adaptation, diversity, ecology /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Feldhamer, George A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : McGraw-Hill/Higher Education, [2004]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Mammals > physiology.
Table of Contents:
  • The study of mammalogy
  • History of mammalogy
  • Methods and techniques for studying mammals
  • Evolution and dental characteristics
  • Integument, support and movement
  • Foods and feeding
  • The nervous and endocrine systems and biological rhythms
  • Environmental adaptations
  • Reproduction
  • Monotremes and marsupials
  • Insectivora, macroscelidea, scandentia and dermoptera
  • Chiroptera
  • Primates
  • Xenarthra, 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
  • Zoogeography
  • Parasites and diseases
  • Domestication and domesticated mammals
  • Conservation