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<volumes 1> : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Partial contents: v. 1. Mammalian evolution at the cellular level / Carleton J. Phillips and Bernard Tandler -- Role of chromosomal banding patterns in understanding mammalian evolution / Robert J. Baker, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, and Craig S. Hood -- The origin of rodents and lagomorphs / Li Chuan-Kuei, Robert W. Wilson, Mary R. Dawson, and Leonard Krishtalka -- Punctuated equilibrium and phyletic gradualism : some facts from the Quaternary mammalian record / Anthony D. Barnosky -- Mammalian reproductive physiology : adaptive responses to changing environments / Norman C. Negus and Patricia J. Berger -- The behavior, physiology, and anatomy of lactation in the Pinnipedia / Olav T. Oftedal, Daryl J. Boness, and Raymond A. Tedman -- The social structure of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins / Randall S. Wells, Michael D. Scott, and A. Blair Irvine -- Ecological, morphological, and behavioral convergence in rock-dwelling mammals / Michael A. Mares and Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- Ants and termites as food : patterns of mammalian myrmecophagy / Kent H. Redford -- A review of density dependence in populations of large mammals / Charles W. Fowler -- Behavioral ecology of the Nevada kit fox (Vulpes macrotis nevadensis) on a managed desert rangelend / G. Timothy O'Neal, Jerran T. Flinders, and Warren P. Clary -- Somatic mutation in the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) at Enewetak Nuclear Test Site / Manfred Temme -- Current management strategies for commensal rodents / William B. Jackson. |
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Partial contents: v. 2. Origin and applications of mammalogy in North America / Don E. Wilson and John F. Eisenberg -- Mammals as bioindicators of environmental toxicity / Karen McBee and John W. Bickham -- Evaluation of control methods for rats in Philippine coconut plantations / Paciencia P. Milan -- Dynamics of snowshoe hare populations / Lloyd B. Keith -- Burrows and burrowing behavior of mammals / O.J. Reichman and Stan C. Smith -- Activity budgets and body weight in mammals : how sloppy can mammals be? / Fred L. Bunnell and Alton S. Harestad -- The anterior pituitary gland and the endocrine hypothalamus : recent progress in anatomical and physiological research / Edythe L.P. Anthony -- A model for understanding the evolution of mammalian behavior / Raymond P. Coppinger and Charles Kay Smith -- Evolution of land mammal diversity in North America during the Cenozoic / Richard K. Stucky -- Phylogenetic relationships of the families of marsupials / Larry G. Marshall, Judd A. Case, and Michael O. Woodburne -- Morphology, paleontology, and the higher clades of mammals / Michael J. Novacek -- Perspectives from amino acid and nucleotide sequences on cladistic relationships among higher taxa of Eutheria / John Czelusniak [and others]. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Current mammalogy. New York : Plenum Press, ©1987- (OCoLC)760807270 |