Handbook of Zoology / Handbuch der Zoologie : : A Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom / Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches.

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.

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 revie...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 381 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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