Mammalogy : Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology

by FELDHAMER G

• ISBN13: 9780072909487
• ISBN10: 007290948X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-18
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Summary

Balancing breadth and depth of coverage, this text is tailored to a one-semester mammalogy course appropriate for upper level undergraduates and graduate students with a basic background in vertebrate biology.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART 1 Introduction
The Study of Mammalogy	2	(5)
What is Mammalogy?	2	(1)
Why Study Mammals?	2	(2)
Resources for Mammalogists	4	(1)
Organization of the Book	5	(1)
Summary	6	(1)
Discussion Questions	6	(1)
Suggested Readings	6	(1)
History of Mammalogy	7	(13)
First Interest in Mammals	8	(1)
Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Natural History	9	(1)
Nineteenth-Century Mammalogy	10	(6)
Emergence of Mammalogy as a Science	16	(2)
Summary	18	(1)
Discussion Questions	19	(1)
Suggested Readings	19	(1)
Methods and Techniques for Studying Mammals	20	(20)
Field Methods	20	(6)
Laboratory Methods	26	(1)
Morphometrics	26	(12)
Summary	38	(1)
Discussion Questions	39	(1)
Suggested Readings	39	(1)
Evolution and Dental Characteristics	40	(19)
Synapsid Lineage	40	(2)
Pelycosaurs and Therapsids	42	(4)
The First Mammals	46	(3)
Cenozoic Mammals and Mammalian Radiation	49	(1)
Summary of Anatomical Trends in Organization from Mammal-Like Amniotes to Mammals	50	(2)
Characteristics of Modern Mammals	52	(1)
Dentition	53	(3)
Summary	56	(1)
Discussion Questions	57	(1)
Suggested Readings	57	(2)
PART 2 Structure and Function
Integument, Support, and Movement	59	(20)
Integument	59	(7)
Basic Skeletal Patterns	66	(3)
Muscles of Mammals	69	(1)
Modes of Locomotion	69	(8)
Summary	77	(1)
Discussion Questions	77	(1)
Suggested Readings	78	(1)
Foods and Feeding	79	(23)
Modes of Feeding	79	(17)
Foraging Strategies	96	(3)
Summary	99	(1)
Discussion Questions	100	(1)
Suggested Readings	101	(1)
The Nervous and Endocrine Systems, and Biological Rhythms	102	(11)
Control Systems	102	(1)
Nervous System	102	(3)
Endocrine System	105	(2)
Immune System	107	(1)
Biological Rhythms	108	(3)
Summary	111	(1)
Discussion Questions	112	(1)
Suggested Readings	112	(1)
Environmental Adaptations	113	(33)
Heat Transfer Between a Mammal and the Environment	114	(1)
Temperature Regulation	114	(1)
Adaptations to Cold	115	(1)
Avoidance and Resistance	116	(15)
Adaptations to Heat	131	(12)
Summary	143	(1)
Discussion Questions	144	(1)
Suggested Readings	144	(2)
Reproduction	146	(22)
The Reproductive Systems	147	(9)
Gestation and Parturition	156	(1)
Reproductive Variations	157	(2)
Parturition	159	(1)
Lactation	160	(2)
Summary	162	(1)
Discussion Questions	162	(1)
Suggested Readings	163	(5)
PART 3 Adaptive Radiation and Diversity
Monotremes and Marsupials	168	(20)
Monotremata	168	(4)
Marsupials	172	(14)
Summary	186	(1)
Discussion Questions	187	(1)
Suggested Readings	187	(1)
Insectivora, Macroscelidea, Scandentia, and Dermoptera	188	(11)
Insectivora	188	(7)
Macroscelidea	195	(1)
Scandentia	196	(1)
Dermoptera	197	(1)
Summary	198	(1)
Discussion Questions	198	(1)
Suggested Readings	198	(1)
Chiroptera	199	(20)
Morphology	200	(6)
Fossil History	206	(1)
Economics and Conservation	206	(1)
Suborders and Families	207	(10)
Summary	217	(1)
Discussion Questions	218	(1)
Suggested Readings	218	(1)
Primates	219	(19)
Ordinal Characteristics	220	(1)
Primate Evolution	220	(1)
Morphology	220	(1)
Fossil History	220	(3)
Economics and Conservation	223	(1)
Strepsirhine Primates	224	(6)
Haplorhine Primates	230	(7)
Summary	237	(1)
Discussion Questions	237	(1)
Suggested Readings	237	(1)
Xenarthra, Pholidota, and Tubulidentata	238	(9)
Xenarthra	238	(5)
Pholidota	243	(2)
Tubulidentata	245	(1)
Summary	246	(1)
Discussion Questions	246	(1)
Suggested Readings	246	(1)
Carnivora	247	(14)
Morphology	249	(1)
Fossil History	250	(1)
Economics and Conservation	251	(1)
Suborders and Families	251	(9)
Summary	260	(1)
Discussion Questions	260	(1)
Suggested Readings	260	(1)
Cetacea	261	(19)
Morphology	261	(7)
Fossil History	268	(2)
Economics and Conservation	270	(2)
Suborders and Families	272	(6)
Summary	278	(1)
Discussion Questions	278	(1)
Suggested Readings	279	(1)
Rodentia and Lagomorpha	280	(20)
Rodentia	280	(16)
Lagomorpha	296	(2)
Summary	298	(1)
Discussion Questions	299	(1)
Suggested Readings	299	(1)
Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Sirenia	300	(12)
Proboscidea	300	(5)
Hyracoidea	305	(2)
Sirenia	307	(4)
Summary	311	(1)
Discussion Questions	311	(1)
Suggested Readings	311	(1)
Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla	312	(19)
Perissodactyla	312	(5)
Artiodactyla	317	(11)
Summary	328	(1)
Discussion Questions	328	(1)
Suggested Readings	329	(2)
PART 4 Behavior, Ecology, and Biogeography
Communication, Aggression, and Spatial Relations	331	(13)
Communication	331	(8)
Aggression and Competition	339	(1)
Spatial Relations	339	(3)
Summary	342	(1)
Discussion Questions	343	(1)
Suggested Readings	343	(1)
Sexual Selection, Parental Care, and Mating Systems	344	(13)
Anisogamy and the Bateman Gradient	344	(1)
Sex Ratio	345	(1)
Sexual Selection	346	(3)
Parental Investment	349	(3)
Parent-Offspring Conflict	352	(1)
Mating Systems	352	(3)
Summary	355	(1)
Discussion Questions	355	(1)
Suggested Readings	356	(1)
Social Behavior	357	(12)
Examples of Cooperative Social Behavior	357	(2)
Why Mammals Live in Groups	359	(2)
How Social Behavior Evolves	361	(7)
Summary	368	(1)
Discussion Questions	368	(1)
Suggested Readings	368	(1)
Dispersal, Habitat Selection, and Migration	369	(13)
Dispersal from the Place of Birth	369	(3)
Habitat Selection	372	(3)
Migration	375	(2)
Homing	377	(3)
Summary	380	(1)
Discussion Questions	381	(1)
Suggested Readings	381	(1)
Populations and Life History	382	(17)
Population Processes	382	(3)
Life History Traits	385	(3)
Population Growth and Regulation	388	(9)
Summary	397	(1)
Discussion Questions	398	(1)
Suggested Readings	398	(1)
Community Ecology	399	(17)
The Ecological Niche	399	(1)
Species Interactions and Community Structure	400	(8)
Community Function	408	(2)
Community Patterns	410	(4)
Summary	414	(1)
Discussion Questions	415	(1)
Suggested Readings	415	(1)
Zoogeography	416	(17)
What is Zoogeography?	416	(1)
Faunal Regions	417	(2)
Historical Zoogeography of Mammals	419	(5)
Ecological Zoogeography of Mammals	424	(6)
Summary	430	(1)
Discussion Questions	431	(1)
Suggested Readings	431	(2)
PART 5 Special Topics
Parasites and Diseases	433	(15)
Parasite Collection	434	(1)
Effects of Parasites on Host Populations	434	(1)
Coevolution of Parasites and Mammalian Hosts	435	(1)
Mammalian Parasites and Diseases	436	(4)
Vector-Borne Zoonoses	440	(4)
Nonvector Zoonoses	444	(2)
Summary	446	(1)
Discussion Questions	447	(1)
Suggested Readings	447	(1)
Domestication and Domesticated Mammals	448	(11)
Why Domesticate Mammals?	448	(1)
How Domestication Began	449	(1)
Mammals That Have Been Domesticated	450	(6)
Morphological Effects of Domestication	456	(1)
Domestication: Human Artifact or Evolutionary Process?	456	(1)
Current Initiatives	457	(1)
Summary	457	(1)
Discussion Questions	458	(1)
Suggested Readings	458	(1)
Conservation	459	(16)
Nature of the Problem	459	(9)
Solutions to Conservation Problems	468	(3)
Case Studies	471	(2)
Summary	473	(1)
Discussion Questions	474	(1)
Suggested Readings	474	(1)
Glossary	475	(17)
References	492	(38)
Credits	530	(2)
Index	532