9780072909487

Mammalogy : Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology

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    9780072909487

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    007290948X

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-06-18
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

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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

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