Native Mice and Rats

Bill Breed, Fred Ford (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2008
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-643-09166-5 (ISBN)

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Details the diversity, evolution and ecology of Australia's native rodents.

Australia's native rodents are the most ecologically diverse family of Australian mammals. There are about 60 living species - all within the subfamily Murinae - representing around 25 per cent of all species of Australian mammals. They range in size from the very small delicate mouse to the highly specialised, arid-adapted hopping mouse, the large tree rat and the carnivorous water rat. Native Mice and Rats describes the evolution and ecology of this much-neglected group of animals. It details the diversity of their reproductive biology, their dietary adaptations and social behaviour. The book also includes information on rodent parasites and diseases, and concludes by outlining the changes in distribution of the various species since the arrival of Europeans as well as current conservation programs.

Bill Breed

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.2008
Reihe/Serie	Australian Natural History Series
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	489 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-643-09166-1 / 0643091661
ISBN-13	978-0-643-09166-5 / 9780643091665
Zustand	Neuware