Evolution of Island Mammals
Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
Av Alexandra van der Geer, George Lyras, John de Vos, Greece) van der Geer, Alexandra (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) Lyras, George (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, The Netherlands) de Vos, John (National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, Alexandra Van Der Geer
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.EVOLUTION OF ISLAND MAMMALS Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors.Evolution of Island Mammals, Second Edition, provides an updated and expanded overview of the current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal biology, exemplified by a variety of fossil species.Readers familiar with the first edition will find here a host of updated and enhanced material, including:An entirely new chapter on the island ruleUpdated and expanded theoretical chaptersUpdated and improved taxonomic informationExtensive coverage of new discoveriesBody masses or body size indices for most extinct island mammalsNew figures visualizing the richness of the fossil recordThis accessible and richly illustrated textbook is written for graduate level students and professional researchers in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, biogeography, zoology, and ecology.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2021-05-13
- Mått170 x 244 x 34 mm
- Vikt1 304 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor576
- Upplaga2
- FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
- ISBN9781119675730
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