Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia
Author: Georgina Clayton
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 1203
ISBN-13: 9780859050364
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Vertebrate Zoogeography and Evolution in Australasia
Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates
Author: John Rodney Merrick
Publisher: Ausci
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 942
ISBN-13: 9780975779002
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This large reference volume provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge of vertebrate diversity within Australia, together with discussion of the factors that influenced the evolution and distribution of the fauna we see today.
Wombats
Author: Barbara Triggs
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2009-07-13
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 0643099867
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of Australia’s most engaging marsupials, the wombat is also one of the most disparaged and least understood. Often depicted as slow, muddle-headed and clumsy, it can, in fact, outpace a human or a dog over a short distance. Wombats are quick to learn and superbly adapted to their burrowing way of life. This book gives a full account of how wombats live and the many hazards they face. Dealing mainly with the bare-nosed wombat, Vombatus ursinus, it also includes information on the southern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons, as well as the northern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii, which is one of the world’s most endangered animals. The book also gives practical advice on rearing orphan wombats. Completely revised, this new edition has over 100 illustrations, including 23 colour plates and drawings by Peter Schouten.
The Evolution of Dasyurid Marsupials
Author: Carey Krajewski
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2024-01-22
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 148631595X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The marsupial family Dasyuridae has a history of study extending from 18th century naturalists to the modern genomics era. The Evolution of Dasyurid Marsupials: Systematics and Family History tells the story of dasyurid evolution as it unfolded in the context of changing world views on biodiversity, biotic history and scientific methodology, from its roots in Enlightenment taxonomy to its transformation by the Darwinian and Hennigian revolutions, and then its maturation as statistical phylogenetics and phylogenomics. Research on dasyurids includes every major approach in animal systematics, including some for which few comparable examples exist. It extends beyond the recent consensus on species relationships to include the timing of diversification, historical biogeography and the evolution of key phenotypic traits. This book introduces readers to living and fossil dasyurids, the questions evolutionary biologists have asked about them, the inferential methods used to answer those questions and the implications of those answers for understanding the history of this fascinating marsupial family. It offers a comprehensive synthesis of dasyurid evolutionary biology for students, teachers and researchers in mammalian evolution and marsupial biology.
Australia's Lost World
Author: Michael Archer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780253339140
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Queensland, in northeast Australia, lies one of the most significant fossil deposits in the world—Riversleigh. Here, the remains of many thousands of weird and wonderful prehistoric animals have been superbly preserved in the limestone outcrops. There are marsupial lions, carnivorous kangaroos, 23-foot long pythons, primitive platypuses, and early ancestors of the now extinct Tasmanian tiger. So important is this site to our understanding of what has happened to Australia and its living cargo over the last 25 million years that Riversleigh has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, and Henk Godthelp, the principal scientists on a remarkable excavation since 1976, explain the vast environmental and geographic changes that have occurred in this area since Australia broke away from the supercontinent of Gondwana, and how the animals on board this continental raft evolved through the ages. Photographs and evocative artwork bring to life the teeming tropical world that once existed in the now arid wastes of Riversleigh, and the authors discuss some of the unusual techniques used on a dig. They describe how to recognize fossils, how to date them, and how to reconstruct extinct animals from them. Originally published as Riversleigh: The Story of Animals in Ancient Rainforests of Inland Australia, this award-winning book is being issued for the first time in the United States.
Evolutionary History of the Marsupials and an Analysis of Osteological Characters
Author: Frederick S. Szalay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780521441698
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines a variety of problems in the understanding of the evolutionary history of the marsupials. In reviewing the evidence from bones, the author presents much new information on both living and fossil groups of marsupials. All groups of marsupials are treated in detail, and in the final chapter their history in space and time and their palaeobiogeography are considered.
Reinvention of Australasian Biogeography
Author: Malte Ebach
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2017-01-20
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1486304850
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Biogeography, the study of the distribution of life on Earth, has undergone more conceptual changes, revolutions and turf wars than any other scientific field. Australasian biogeographers are responsible for several of these great upheavals, including debates on cladistics, panbiogeography and the drowning of New Zealand, some of which have significantly shaped present-day studies. Australasian biogeography has been caught in a cycle of reinvention that has lasted for over 150 years. The biogeographic research making headlines today is merely a shadow of past practices, having barely advanced scientifically. Fundamental biogeographic questions raised by naturalists a century ago remain unanswered, yet are as relevant today as they were then. Scientists still do not know whether Australia and New Zealand are natural biotic areas or if they are in fact artificial amalgamations of areas. The same question goes for all biotic areas in Australasia: are they real? Australasian biogeographers need to break this 150-year cycle, learn from their errors and build upon new ideas. Reinvention of Australasian Biogeography tells the story of the history of Australasian biogeography, enabling understanding of the cycle of reinvention and the means by which to break it, and paves the way for future biogeographical research. The book will be a valuable resource for biological and geographical scientists, especially those working in biogeography, biodiversity, ecology and conservation. It will also be of interest to historians of science.
Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea
Author: John A. Long
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780801872235
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Diagrams showing skeletal features and tooth structure and a glossary of technical terms are included.
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