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American and Australasian marsupials : an evolutionary, biogeographical, and ecological approach / Nilton C. Cc̀eres, Christopher R. Dickman, editors.

Cc̀eres, Nilton Carlos, editor.; Dickman, C. R. (Chris R.), editor.
2023
QL737.M3
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Title
American and Australasian marsupials : an evolutionary, biogeographical, and ecological approach / Nilton C. Cc̀eres, Christopher R. Dickman, editors.
ISBN
9783031084195 (electronic bk.)
3031084195 (electronic bk.)
9783031084188
3031084187
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5
Published
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (985 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and color).
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10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5 doi
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QL737.M3
Dewey Decimal Classification
599.2
Summary
This book focuses on the ecology, evolution, biogeography, systematics and taxonomy of New World and Australasian marsupials, greatly expanding the current knowledge base. There are roughly 140 species of New World marsupials, of which the opossum is the best known. Thanks to recent research, there is now an increasing amount of understanding about their evolution, biogeography, systematics, ecology, and conservation in the Americas, especially in South America. There are also some 270 marsupial species in the Australasian region, many of which have been subject to research only in recent years. Based on this information and the authors extensive research, this book provides comprehensive insights into the world's marsupials. It will appeal to academics and specialized researchers, students of zoology, paleontology, evolutionary biology, ecology, physiology and conservation, as well as interested non-experts. .
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Cc̀eres, Nilton Carlos, editor.
Dickman, C. R. (Chris R.), editor.
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Introduction
Section I. Evolution and Diversification: Checklist of New World Marsupials
Taxonomy and Diversity of Living New World Marsupials
Cenozoic Metatherian Evolution in the Americas
Paleogene Metatherians from the Itabora Basin: Diversity, Affinities, and Paleobiogegraphic Context.-Postweaning Skull Growth in Living American and Australasian Marsupials: Allometry and Evolution
Evolutionary Diversification of Skull Morphology in Faunivorous Marsupials: A Comparison between the American and the Australasian Lineages
Morphology, Form and Function in Didelphid Marsupials
Hair Microstructure Diversification in Neotropical Marsupials: the Roles of Phylogenetic Signal and Adaptation
Patterns of Phenotypic Evolution and Diversification in the Short-Tailed Opossum Genus Monodelphis
Section II. Biogeography: From Bergmanns to Copes rules: An Overview on the Trait Variation in New World Marsupials
A Macroevolutionary Approach to Study the Age-Area Relationships for the New World Marsupials
An Overview of Species Richness and Beta Diversity Patterns of New World Marsupials
Diversification of the Didelphid Marsupials of South America.
Diversity and Endemism of Marsupials in the Guiana Region (northeastern Amazonia)
Diversity, Endemism, and Biogeographical History of Marsupials from the South American Dry Diagonal
Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Species Richness and Endemism of Marsupials in the Atlantic Forest in eastern South America
Section III. Ecology: Population Dynamics of Neotropical Marsupials
More than Semelparity or Iteroparity: Diversity of Reproductive Strategies in New World Marsupials
Movement Patterns, Habitat Selection, and Home Range of New World Marsupials
Positional Behavior and Locomotor Performance of New World Marsupials: Links with Habitat and Substrate Use
Food Habits of New World Marsupials
Feeding Patterns of Marsupials in a Neotropical Savanna: Intra- and Interspecific Diet Variation and Seasonal Patterns
Activity Patterns of New World Marsupials
IV. Conservation
Conservation Biogeography of Living New World marsupials (Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria, and Paucituberculata).
Effects of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Assemblages, Populations, and Individuals of New World marsupials.-. Effects of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation per se in Didelphid Marsupials of the Atlantic Forest
Left Out of the Pouch: Marsupials and the Coverage Provided by Protected Areas in Brazil.-. Unraveling Human-Wildlife Interactions in Urban Areas: the Case of Didelphis aurita in a Large Metropolis
Habitat Loss, Fragmentation, and Transformation are threatening a Relict Marsupial from Southern South American Temperate Rainforests
Concluding Remarks.

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