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Description: |
xii, 539 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Abstract: This volume is intended not only to review much of the research that has been done on South American mammals, but to stimulate future research on the continent. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: The scope of South American mammalian biology: perspectives on a decade of research / Michael A. Mares -- Current status of South American mammalogy / Ronald H. Pine -- Historical biogeography of recent South American land mammals / David Webb and Larry G. Marshall -- South American landscapes and their mammals / Rui Cerqueira -- Comparative niche structure and evolution of mammals of the Nearctic and southern South America / John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford -- Origins and affinities of the mammal fauna of Paraguay / Philip Myers -- Adaptive zones of neotropical mammals: a comparison of some temperate and tropical patterns / William E. Glanz -- Aboriginal perspectives of a mammal community in Amazonian Peru: knowledge and utulization patterns among the Aguaruna Jivaro / James L. Patton, Brent Berlin, and Elois Ann Berlin -- Ecology and biogeography of the southern rainforests of Argentina / Oliver P. Pearson and Anita K. Pearson -- Brazilian rodents: their habitats and habits / Cleber J.R. Alho -- Population biology of North and South American grassland rodents: a comparative review / Margaret A. O'Connell -- The physiological ecology of South American mammals / Brian K. McNab -- Behavioral research in South America / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- Behavior, ecology, and distribution of the South American marsupials / Karl E. Streilein -- Evolution of South American Marsupialia / Larry G. Marshall -- Biogeography of the bats of South America / Karl F. Koopman -- Chromosomal studies of South American bats and their systematic implications / Robert J. Baker, Mike W. Haiduk, Lynn W. Robbins, Alberto Cadena, and Ben F. Koop -- Conservation biology of neotropical primates / John G. Robinson and Jairo Ramirez C. -- Systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation of South American Edentates / Ralph M. Wetzel -- The history and classification of South American hystricognath rodents: reflections on the far away and long ago / Charles A. Woods -- Patterns of diversity and adaptation in South American hystricognath rodents / Michael A. Mares and Ricardo A. Ojeda -- Identity, distribution, and natural history of the peccaries, Tayassuidae / John J. Mayer and Philip N. Brandt -- Biology, ecology, and relationship to man of the South American camelids / William L. Franklin -- The Suriname Small Mammal Survey: a case study of the cooperation between research and national conservations needs / Hugh H. Genoways, Henry A. Reichart, and Stephen L. Williams -- Conservation of South American mammals: Argentina as a paradigm / Ricardo A. Ojeda and Michael A. Mares -- Round table- conservation of South American mammals / Michael A. Mares, Ricardo A. Ojeda, Cleber J.R. Alho, Angel E. Spotorno, John F. Eisenberg, Ralph M. Wetzel, William L. Franklin, Hugh H. Genoways -- Round table- research priorities in South America / Michael A. Mares, John F. Eisenberg, Oliver P. Pearson, Cleber J.R. Alho. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Mammalian biology in South America. Linesville, Pa. : Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, University of Pittsburgh, 1982 (OCoLC)655030171 |