Handbook of Zoology / Handbuch der Zoologie : : A Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom / Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. / Mammalia. : Mammalian Evolution, Diversity and Systematics / / ed. by Frank Zachos, Robert Asher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Angielczyk, Kenneth D.,; Asher, Robert J.,; Kammerer, Christian F.,; Martin, Thomas,; Pavlova, Svetlana V.,; Searle, Jeremy B.,; Spiekman, Stephan N. F.,; Turvey, Samuel T.,; Werneburg, Ingmar,; Zachos, Frank E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Asher, Robert,; Zachos, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Zoology / Handbuch der Zoologie
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 381 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; List of contributing authors --; 1. Species concepts and species delimitation in mammals --; 2. Chromosomes and speciation in mammals --; 3. Taxonomy, trees, and truth in historical mammalogy --; 4. Mammalian embryology and organogenesis --; 5. Non-Mammalian synapsids: the deep roots of the mammalian family tree --; 6. Mesozoic mammals — early mammalian diversity and ecomorphological adaptations --; 7. Diversity and relationships within crown Mammalia --; 8. Mammal extinction risk and conservation: patterns, threats, and management --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110341553; 9783110719550; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604207; 9783110603200
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110341553
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Frank Zachos, Robert Asher.

There are nearly 6,000 mammalian species, among them our own. Research on our evolutionary cousins has a long history, but the last 20 years have seen particularly rapid progress in disentangling the interrelationships and evolutionary history of mammals. The present volume combines up-to-date reviews on mammalian phylogenetics with paleontological, taxonomic and evolutionary chapters and also summarizes the historical development of our insights in mammalian relationships, and thus our own place in the Tree of Life. Our book places the present biodiversity crisis in context, with one in four mammal species threatened by extinction, and reviews the distribution and conservation of mammalian diversity across the globe. This volume is the introductory tome to the new Mammalia series of the Handbook of Zoology and will be essential reading for mammalogists, zoologists and conservationists alike.