Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)

Australia's native rodents are the most ecologically diverse family of Australian mammals.

In Medicine of Australian Mammals, more than 30 experts present the most current information available on the medical management of all taxa of Australian native mammals.

Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs.

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.

The koala is both an Australian icon and an animal that has attained 'flagship' status around the world.

Winner in the Scholarly Reference section of the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing.

Haematology of Australian Mammals is a valuable guide to collecting and analysing the blood of Australian mammals for haematological studies and diagnosis and monitoring of disease.

Whales are mysterious and fascinating creatures.

The echidna is one of the world's most extraordinary creatures.

This completely updated edition gives the latest listings on conservation status for all known Australian amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

Rat-kangaroos have not coped well with the impact of European settlement in Australia.

Dictionary of Australian and New Guinean Mammals is the first unified guide to the mammals of both Australia and New Guinea.

This book covers the proceedings of a major 2006 symposium on macropods that brought together the many recent advances in the biology of this diverse group of marsupials, including research on some of the much neglected macropods such asthe antilopine wallaroo, the swamp wallaby and tree-kangaroos.

Australia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth.

One of Australia’s most engaging marsupials, the wombat is also one of the most disparaged and least understood.

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

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.

Everything the first time fish-keeper needs to know to set up a tank.

Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales.

This is the first scholarly book on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa.

This engaging personal account of one of America's most contested wildlife conservation campaigns has as its central character the black-footed ferret.

We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it.

Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions.

Return to the Sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammalsfrom giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago to the deep-diving elephant seals and clam-eating walruses of modern times.

From gray whales giving birth in the lagoons of Baja California to sea otters nestled in kelp beds off California to killer whales living around Vancouver Island-this spectacular stretch of the Pacific Coast boasts one of the most abundant populations of sea mammals on earth.

Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses.

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.

Fear of mad cow disease, a lethal illness transmitted from infected beef to humans, has spread from Europe to the United States and around the world.

This book chronicles the discovery and analysis of animal fossils found in one of the most important paleontological sites in the world-Porcupine Cave, located at an elevation of 9,500 feet in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Marks presents the field of molecular anthropology-a synthesis of the holistic approach of anthropology with the reductive approach of molecular genetics-as a way of improving our understanding of the science of human evolution.

The much-loved giant panda, a secretive denizen of the dense bamboo forests of western China, has become an icon worldwide of progress in conservation and research.

The euphoria of discovery is the only motivation many scientists need for studying nature and its secrets.

Twenty years in the making by a distinguished dolphin expert and his associates, The Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin is the first comprehensive scientific natural history of a dolphin species ever written.

Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: they are not shrews, and most are not found in trees.

This book brings together contributions from key investigators in the area of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channel structure and function.

Degeneration of sensory receptors or of the nerves innervating them leads to a sensory deficit.

This book details the rapidly advancing research on the development of the cerebral cortex.

Ciba Foundation Symposium 123 Antidepressants and Receptor FunctionChairman: Dennis Murphy, 1986 Depression is a common and often debilitating affective disorder.

Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants Elephants are possibly the most well-known members of the animal kingdom.

Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds.

Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds.

This book is a comprehensive presentation of health and diseases in reindeer and caribou, or just Rangifer, a key Circumarctic species with broad social and ecological value.

This book is a comprehensive presentation of health and diseases in reindeer and caribou, or just Rangifer, a key Circumarctic species with broad social and ecological value.

This book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource on the names (scientific, English and vernacular) of the mammals of South Asia.

This book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource on the names (scientific, English and vernacular) of the mammals of South Asia.

Dogs detect scent from a source that is carried to them in a plume by the wind.

Dogs detect scent from a source that is carried to them in a plume by the wind.

Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation explores how conservationists decide whether, and how, to undertake rehabilitation and reintroduction (R&R) when rescuing orphaned orangutans.

Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation explores how conservationists decide whether, and how, to undertake rehabilitation and reintroduction (R&R) when rescuing orphaned orangutans.

Cell Biology and Immunology of Leukocyte Function is a collection of papers presented at the 12th International Leukocyte Culture Conference, held in Beersheba, Israel on June 1978.