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• Contents
• Preface
• Part 1. Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Science of Mammalogy
• Mammals
• Why Study Mammals?
• History of Mammalogy
• Modern Mammalogy as an Interdisciplinary Science
• Resources for Mammalogists
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 2. Methods for Studying Mammals
• Field Methods
• Laboratory and Museum Methods
• Systematic Methods
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 3. Phylogeny and Diversification of Mammals
• Relationships and Classification of Living Mammalian Orders
• Timing of the Mammalian Radiations
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 4. Evolution and Dental Characteristics
• Synapsid Lineage
• Origin of Mammals: Monophyletic or Polyphyletic?
• The First Mammals
• Cenozoic Mammals and Mammalian Radiation
• Interrelationship of Characteristics and Increased Metabolism
• Summary of Anatomical Trends in Organization from Mammal-Like Amniotes to Mammals
• Characteristics of Modern Mammals
• Dentition
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 5. Biogeography
• Global Provincialism of Mammalian Distributions
• Historical Biogeography
• Ecological Biogeography
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Part 2. Structure and Function
• Chapter 6. Integument, Support, and Movement
• Integument
• Basic Skeletal Patterns
• Muscles
• Modes of Locomotion
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 7. Modes of Feeding
• Foods and Feeding
• Foraging Strategies
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 8. Environmental Adaptations
• Heat Transfer between a Mammal and the Environment
• Temperature Regulation
• Adaptations to Cold
• Adaptations to Heat
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 9. Reproduction
• The Reproductive Systems
• Gestation
• Reproductive Variations
• Parturition
• Lactation
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Part 3. Adaptive Radiation and Diversity
• Chapter 10. Orders: Monotremata and Marsupials
• Monotremata
• Marsupials
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 11. Orders: Macroscelidea, Afrosoricida, Tubulidentata
• Macroscelidea
• Afrosoricida
• Tubulidentata
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 12. Orders: Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Sirenia
• Proboscidea
• Hyracoidea
• Sirenia
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 13. Orders: Pilosa and Cingulata
• Superorder Xenarthra
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 14. Orders: Scandentia and Dermoptera
• Scandentia
• Dermoptera
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 15. Order: Primates
• Ordinal and Morphological Characteristics
• Fossil History
• Economics and Conservation
• Suborder Strepsirrhini
• Suborder Haplorrhini
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 16. Orders: Rodentia and Lagomorpha
• Rodentia
• Lagomorpha
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 17. Order: Eulipotyphla
• Order Eulipotyphla
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 18. Orders: Carnivora and Pholidota
• Order Carnivora
• Order Pholidota
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 19. Orders: Perissodactyla and Cetartiodactyla
• Perissodactyla
• Cetartiodactyla
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 20. Infraorder: Cetacea
• Morphology
• Fossil History
• Economics and Conservation
• Parvorders and Families
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 21. Order: Chiroptera
• Suborders and Superfamilies
• Morphology
• Fossil History
• Economics and Conservation
• Suborder Yinpterochiroptera
• Suborder Yangochiroptera
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Part 4. Behavior and Ecology
• Chapter 22. Sexual Selection, Parental Care, and Mating Systems
• Anisogamy and Competition for Mates
• Sexual Selection
• Parental Investment
• Parent-Offspring Conflict
• Mating Systems
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 23. Social Behavior and Communication
• The Sociality Spectrum
• Why Mammals Live in Groups
• How Social Behavior Evolves
• Communication
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 24. Movement Patterns and Spatial Relationships
• Home Range
• Territory
• Habitat and Selection of Resources
• Dispersal
• Migration
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 25. Populations and Life History
• Population Processes
• Population Growth and Equilibrium
• Life History
• Cycles
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 26. Community Ecology
• Ecological Niche
• Species Interactions and Community Structure
• Community Function
• Community Patterns
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Part 5. Special Topics
• Chapter 27. Parasites and Zoonotic Diseases
• Mammalian Parasites and Diseases
• Vector-Borne Zoonoses
• Nonvector Zoonoses
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 28. Conservation
• Nature of the Problem
• Approaches to Solutions
• Case Studies
• Summary
• Suggested Readings
• Discussion Questions
• Glossary
• References
• Credits
• Index
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