Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 486 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Preface; 1 Molecular systematics of Dasyuromorphia; 2 Evolution of American marsupials and their phylogenetic relationships with Australian metatherians; 3 Early marsupial radiations in South America; 4 Comparative anatomy of the Tiupampa didelphimorphs; an approach to locomotory habits of early marsupials; 5 Molecular phylogeography and species limits in rainforest didelphid marsupials of South America; 6 Diversity and distribution of Thylamys (Didelphidae) in South America, with emphasis on species from the western side of the Andes |
Summary |
Predators with Pouches provides a unique synthesis of current knowledge of the worlds carnivorous marsupials from Patagonia to New Guinea and North America to Tasmania. Written by 63 experts in each field, the book covers a comprehensive range of disciplines including evolution and systematics, reproductive biology, physiology, ecology, behavior, and conservation |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Carnivorous marsupials.
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Dasyuromorphia.
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Didelphimorphia.
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Carnivorous marsupials, Fossil.
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Dasyuromorphia, Fossil.
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Didelphimorphia, Fossil.
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Didelphimorphia (order)
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
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Carnivorous marsupials
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Carnivorous marsupials, Fossil
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Dasyuromorphia
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Dasyuromorphia, Fossil
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Didelphimorphia
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Didelphimorphia, Fossil
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Raubbeutler
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Mammalia.
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Marsupialia (anatomia; fisiologia)
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Marsupiaux -- Australie.
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Dasyuromorphes.
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Didelphimorphes.
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AustrĂ¡lia.
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Jones, Menna
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ISBN |
0643069860 |
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9780643069862 |
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1283154072 |
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9781283154079 |
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9786613154071 |
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6613154075 |
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9780643099487 |
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0643099484 |
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