Atlas of terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands / / Marco Masseti.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Masseti, Marco,
• MitwirkendeR: Vigne, Jean-Denis,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Materials and methods --; 3 The natural setting --; 4 The island endemics. The mammals of the Upper Pleistocene --; 5 The disappearance of the endemics. Holocene relics of a vanished world --; 6 Atlas of the non-volant mammals of the Ionian and the Aegean islands. The species account. 6.1-6.14 --; 6 Atlas of the non-volant mammals of the Ionian and the Aegean islands. The species account. 6.15-6.29 --; 6 Atlas of the non-volant mammals of the Ionian and the Aegean islands. The species account. 6.30-6.44 --; 7 Species dubiously and/or erroneously recorded from the Ionian and Aegean islands --; 8 Archaeozoological evidence of the diffusion of mammalian species of different and/or exotic origin or durable parts of them --; 9 Biogeographical remarks --; 10 A weighty legacy: concluding remarks --; Appendix A. Native domestic breeds --; Appendix B. Chiroptera reported from the Ionian and Aegean islands --; Appendix C. Cetaceans reported from the Ionian sea and the Aegean Seas --; Appendix D. The monk seal, Monachus monachus Hermann, 1779 --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110254587; 9783110238570; 9783110238495; 9783110637915; 9783110288995; 9783110294071; 9783110294064
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110254587
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Marco Masseti.

The goal of this book is to foster better knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Mediterranean islands. The atlas presents the current state of knowledge of the past and present distribution of the non-flying terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands. It provides a distribution map for each species with extensive references and a description of all the mammalian taxa. The book also focuses on the important role of human beings in the redefinition of the insular ecological equilibrium, as well as on the environmental impact of biological invasions. The protection and study of this fauna can provide an opportunity for testing a range of different evolutionary theories.