Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 80 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwana.

The social calls of bats are an area about which relatively little is known, with more research still required to expand our understanding.

Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 13: Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropeptides, Part I offers a lengthy discussion of the research, experiments, and investigations on endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, and neuropeptides.

Cognitive Processes of Nonhuman Primates covers the proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium on Cognition, held at Carnegie-Mellon University on March 26 and 27, 1970.

This unprecedented volume presents a sweeping picture of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems.

The Testis, Volume II: Biochemistry focuses on the study of the biochemistry of mammalian testis.

The Anatomy of Dolphins: Insights into Body Structure and Function is a precise, detailed, fully illustrated, descriptive, and functionally oriented text on the anatomy and morphology of dolphins.

Bioregulators of Reproduction focuses on the biological regulators of reproductive processes.

Reproductive Biology of the Great Apes: Comparative and Biomedical Perspectives discusses the great ape reproduction.

Neurobiology of Social Communication in Primates: An Evolutionary Perspective presents evidence on the neural basis of communicative behavior in primates, reevaluating the relationship between human language and animal communication in view of the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees.

The Eurasian beaver was near extinction at the start of the twentieth century, hunted across Europe for its fur, meat and castoreum.

A comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes, covering evolution, ecology and the potential threats posed by the growing fishing industry.

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

Hibernation and Torpor in Mammals and Birds explores the physiological factors that control hibernation and torpor in birds and mammals.

This is a guide to finding tree-roosts.

This book examines the relationships between humans and other primates and the implications for primate conservation.

During the nineteenth century, ivory hunting caused a substantial decrease of elephant numbers in southern Africa.

The world's gliding mammals are an extraordinary group of animals that have the ability to glide from tree to tree with seemingly effortless grace.

A summary of thirty years of Siberian research, presenting evidence from the fossilised remains of herbivorous animals.

To many people, the suggestion that a kangaroo could live up a tree is fantasy.

Progress in Ape Research presents the papers reported in the conference organized by the staff of Yerkes Primate Research Center in celebrating the centenary of Dr.

The average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals.

The complete guide to our closest living relative, drawing on thirty years of primate observation.

This book is an overview of mammalian reproduction from the male perspective, exploring mating behaviour, reproductive anatomy and modes of copulation.

Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal.

The largest of all seals, elephant seals rank among the most impressive of marine mammals.

Victoria's Box-Ironbark region is one of the most important areas of animal diversity and significance in southern Australia.

Behavior of Nonhuman Primates: Modern Research Trends focuses on research on the behavior of nonhuman primates, including social behavior, life history, and discrimination.

US-Japan meetings on laboratory animal science have been held virtually every year since 1980 under the US-Japan Cooperative Program on Science and Technology.

Primate Sexuality provides an authoritative and comprehensive synthesis of current research on the evolution and physiological control of sexual behaviour in the primates - prosimians, monkeys, apes, and human beings.

Primate Conservation provides a comprehensive discussion of the conservation of many species of nonhuman primates.

Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research, Volume 3: Monkeys as Perceivers illustrates some general procedures for studying nonverbal perceiving in monkeys.

Strategies of Immune Regulation provides an overview of the state of knowledge on how immune regulation works.

Immune Surveillance deals with the issues regarding tumor immunology and surveillance, in which the central theme is all about the life span of the mammalian host that is depleted by the environment with mutagenic agents and solutions.

Goat meat is growing in popularity in Australia and is also an important export industry.

Chimpanzee Behaviour: Recent Understandings from Captivity and the Forest brings diverse topics together in one volume.

The first ever reference book on the behaviour, physiology, conservation and biogeography of the dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar.

Explores many aspects of the behaviour, genetics, taxonomy and evolution of this genus and its adaptation to multiple environments.

This volume brings together current research and practice on gibbon conservation, ecology, taxonomy and phylogenetics.

This book explores the importance of understanding developmental processes in analyses of bat ecology and evolution.

This guide provides descriptions of when the bat species resident in Britain and Ireland use natural and human-made rock habitats, how they use them, and the environments each species occupies therein.

The first clearly-illustrated, comparative book on developmental primate skeletal anatomy, focused on the highly informative newborn stage.

This book explores the rich evolutionary history of bats from multiple perspectives, presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries involving fossil bats.

An engaging account of the research and key findings on Taï chimpanzees to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this project.

Bats are dangerous to man.

This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution.

A comprehensive, authoritative account of the natural history of the seashore, from earliest times to the present day.

Nocturnal Malagasy Primates: Ecology, Physiology, and Behavior is composed of different studies investigating the "e;strategies adopted by lesser known nocturnal species of Marosalaza forest to cope with the contrasted seasonal conditions.