Marsupials And Monotremes

Author : Athol Klieve,Lindsay Hogan,Stephen Johnston,Peter Murrary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Marsupials
ISBN : 1634829735

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Marsupials and Monotremes by Athol Klieve,Lindsay Hogan,Stephen Johnston,Peter Murrary Pdf

Marsupials and monotremes are the dominant mammalian fauna in Australia, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and parts of South America. Monotremes are unique; they possess a range of reptilian and mammalian characteristics. Marsupials are highly diverse and occupy a wide range of ecologically diverse niches and habitats. They have distinct physiologies and their ability to control foetal development and nurture extremely immature young is providing beneficial insights into developmental physiology and human medicine. Insights into marsupial herbivory are benefitting agriculture and climate science. Studies on these mammals that have or will benefit mankind in medicine, agriculture and environmental science have been highlighted. This book covers current knowledge of all aspects of the basic biology and ecology of marsupials and monotremes including evolution and biogeography, genomics, musculoskeletal anatomy, thermal regulation, reproduction, nutrition and feeding strategies, behaviour and social interactions, health and disease, current conservation status, exploitation and utilisation and finally addresses this question: "Are monotremes and marsupials inferior?" The principal audience for this book will be undergraduate students at the tertiary level. Within these chapters, standalone text boxes have been incorporated with examples of the most up-to-date research undertaken to make the book a resource to research students and scientists. Many text boxes highlight the enigmatic nature of marsupials and monotremes and where knowledge of their biology could be of value to the wider community (medicine, agriculture and environment). This compilation emphasises the utility of the information being generated from research with these mammals to the wider scientific community.

Author : Michael Kennedy,IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831700523

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Australasian Marsupials and Monotremes by Michael Kennedy,IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group Pdf

Australia, Papua New Guinea, and eastern Indonesia together share all the monotremes (egg-laying mammals) of the world and all the marsupials (pouched mammals) except those of the Americas. There is an urgent need for concerted action to conserve the marsupials and monotremes of the Australasian region. Australia has the worst extinction rate for the mammals of any continent or country and Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia are undergoing rapid development which, if not properly planned and controlled, could threaten the habitat of many marsupials, as well as other species.This Action Plan provides an overall perspective of the problems that confront conservation agencies and NGOs in the region and recommends actions required before the year 2000.

Author : Arthur Gordon Lyne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Animals
ISBN : 0800851250

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Marsupials and Monotremes of Australia by Arthur Gordon Lyne Pdf

Platypus - Echidna - Marsupial mouse - Native cat and tiger cat - Tasmanian devil and Tasmanian tiger - Numbats - Bandicoots - Wombats - Possums - Kangaroos - Koalasas___

Author : J. I. Menzies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Mammals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924068968787

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A Handbook of New Guinea Marsupials & Monotremes by J. I. Menzies Pdf

Author : Richard Lydekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Mammals
ISBN : UOM:39015019711442

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A Hand-book to the Marsupialia and Monotremata by Richard Lydekker Pdf

Author : Terence J. Dawson
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Marsupialia
ISBN : UCAL:B4455746

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Monotremes and Marsupials by Terence J. Dawson Pdf

Author : William Hay Caldwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Marsupials
ISBN : PRNC:32101076036761

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The Embryology of Monotremata and Marsupialia ... by William Hay Caldwell Pdf

Author : Jennifer A. Marshall Graves,Rory M. Hope,Desmond W. Cooper
Publisher : CSIRO Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015025238216

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Mammals from Pouches and Eggs by Jennifer A. Marshall Graves,Rory M. Hope,Desmond W. Cooper Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 1634834879

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Marsupials and Monotremes by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. I. Menzies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9980945125

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A Handbook of New Guinea's Marsupials and Monotremes by J. I. Menzies Pdf

Have you ever seen a string bag decorated with jaw bones or bits of fur and wondered what animal they came from? Or seen animals offered for sale, live or dead, cooked or uncooked, in local markets and wondered what they were? This book may help you to identify local fauna that you may see when you travel around New Guinea and the islands of eastern Indonesia. Here are descriptions or all the native marsupial and monotreme animals with an account of their way of life together with suggestions for further reading and notes on their care in captivity.

Author : Ken Ashwell
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643103160

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Neurobiology of Monotremes by Ken Ashwell Pdf

Neurobiology of Monotremes brings together current information on the development, structure, function and behavioural ecology of the monotremes. The monotremes are an unusual and evolutionarily important group of mammals showing striking behavioural and physiological adaptations to their niches. They are the only mammals exhibiting electroreception (in the trigeminal sensory pathways) and the echidna shows distinctive olfactory specialisations. The authors aim to close the current gap in knowledge between the genes and developmental biology of monotremes on the one hand, and the adult structure, function and ecology of monotremes on the other. They explore how the sequence 'embryonic structure › adult structure › behaviour' is achieved in monotremes and how this differs from other mammals. The work also combines a detailed review of the neurobiology of monotremes with photographic and diagrammatic atlases of the sectioned adult brains and peripheral nervous system of the short-beaked echidna and platypus. Pairing of a detailed review of the field with the first published brain atlases of two of the three living monotremes will allow the reader to immediately relate key points in the text to features in the atlases and will extend a universal system of brain nomenclature developed in eutherian brain atlases by G Paxinos and colleagues to monotremes.

Author : Frederick S. Szalay,Michael J. Novacek,Malcolm C. McKenna
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461392491

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Mammal Phylogeny by Frederick S. Szalay,Michael J. Novacek,Malcolm C. McKenna Pdf

The roots of this book and its sister volume, Mammal Phylogeny: Placentals, go back to discussions and plans, shelved for a while, between F. S. Szalay and W. P. Luckett during the international and multidisciplinary symposium on rodent evolution sponsored by NATO, July 2-6, 1984, in Paris. That conference, orga nized by W. P. Luckett and J. -L. Hartenberger, the proceedings of which were published in 1985, proved an inspiring experience to all of the participants, as this was repeatedly expressed both during and after the meetings. In addition to issues relating to rodents, general theoretical topics pertaining to the evolutionary biol ogy and systematics of other groups of mammals regularly surfaced during the presentations and discussions. M. J. Novacek, who was also a participant in the rodent symposium, shared with Luckett and Szalay the enthusiasm acquired there, and he also expressed strong interest for a meeting on mammal evolution with a general focus similar to that of the rodent gathering. In 1988, Szalay and Luckett, after having planned in detail a program, direc tion, and core list of participants, were awarded a $30,000 grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation through the Research Foundation of the City University of New York. The grant was contingent upon obtaining additional funds sufficient to assure that the symposium would be held. Raising the remaining funds proved to be a problem.

Author : British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology,Oldfield Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Marsupialia
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00114740

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Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) by British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology,Oldfield Thomas Pdf

Author : John Gould,Joan Maureen Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mammals
ISBN : 0385096860

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Australian Marsupials and Monotremes by John Gould,Joan Maureen Dixon Pdf

Author : John Gould,Joan M. Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Mammals
ISBN : 0333139844

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Australian Marsupials and Monotremes by John Gould,Joan M. Dixon Pdf