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Biology of Marsupials

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Bernard Stonehouse

    1. School of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, England

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  2. Desmond Gilmore

    1. Department of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Scotland

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: The Marsupials

    1. Introduction: The Marsupials

      • Bernard Stonehouse
      Pages 1-5

  3. The species and their chromosomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The species of living marsupials: an annotated list

      • John A. W. Kirsch, John H. Calaby
      Pages 9-26

    3. Chromosome number — constancy and variation

      • D. L. Hayman
      Pages 27-48

  4. Origins and evolution of marsupials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Phylogeny of the marsupials

      • W. A. Clemens
      Pages 51-68

    3. Historical biogeography of the marsupials

      • Allen Keast
      Pages 69-95

    4. Marsupial biogeography and plate tectonics

      • P. G. Martin
      Pages 97-115

    5. Evolution of New Guinea’s marsupial fauna in response to a forested environment

      • Alan Conrad Ziegler
      Pages 117-138

  5. Population, species and behaviour studies of marsupials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Diseases of marsupials

      • J. H. Arundel, I. K. Barker, I. Beveridge
      Pages 141-154

    3. Behaviour and ecology of the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii

      • Othmar L. K. Buchmann, Eric R. Guiler
      Pages 155-168

    4. The success of marsupials as introduced species

      • D. P. Gilmore
      Pages 169-178

    5. Breeding and behaviour of Australian bandicoots

      • Eleanor Stodart
      Pages 179-191

    6. Learning and problem — solving behaviour in marsupials

      • Robert J. Kirkby
      Pages 193-208

    7. Corticosteroid levels and male mortality in Antechinus stuartii

      • Anthony K. Lee, Adrian J. Bradley, Richard W. Braithwaite
      Pages 209-220

    8. Imbalance in the sex ratio and age structure of the Red kangaroo, Macropus rufus, in central Australia

      • Alan E. Newsome
      Pages 221-233

  6. Anatomy of marsupials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Anatomy of marsupials

      • Robert A. Barbour
      Pages 237-272
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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, England

    Bernard Stonehouse

  • Department of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Scotland

    Desmond Gilmore

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biology of Marsupials

  • Editors: Bernard Stonehouse, Desmond Gilmore

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02721-7

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 486

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Zoology

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