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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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