Life of Marsupials
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Life of Marsupials

  1. 464 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Life of Marsupials

About this book

Over the past half a century research has revealed that marsupials – far from being 'second class' mammals – have adaptations for particular ways of life quite equal to their placental counterparts. Despite long separate evolution, there are extraordinary similarities in which marsupials have solved the challenges of living in such environments as deserts, alpine snowfields or tropical rainforests. Some can live on grass, some on pollen and others on leaves; some can glide, some can swim and others hop with extraordinary efficiency.

In Life of Marsupials, one of the world's leading experts explores the biology and evolution of this unusual group – with their extraordinary diversity of forms around the world – in Australia, New Guinea and South America.

Joint winner of the 2005 Whitley Medal.

Included in Choice Magazine's 2006 Outstanding Academic Titles list.

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Information

Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9780643062573
eBook ISBN
9780643099210
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Evolution
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1: What is a marsupial?
  7. Chapter 2: Reproduction and development
  8. Chapter 3: Opossums of the Americas: cousins from a distant time
  9. Chapter 4: Predatory marsupials of Australasia: bright-eyed killers of the night
  10. Chapter 5: Bandicoots: fast-living opportunists
  11. Chapter 6: Pygmy possums and sugar gliders: pollen eaters and sap suckers
  12. Chapter 7: Life in the trees: koala, greater glider and possums
  13. Chapter 8: Wombats: vegetarians of the underworld
  14. Chapter 9: Consummate kangaroos
  15. Chapter 10: Marsupials and people: past and present
  16. References
  17. Index