Mammalian Biology in South America: A Symposium Held at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, May 10-14, 1981
- ISBN-10
- 0931796067
- ISBN-13
- 9780931796067
- Pages
- 539
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, University of Pittsburgh
- Authors
- Michael A. Mares, Hugh H. Genoways
Description
The scope of South American mammalian biology: perspectives on a decade of research; Current status of South American mammalogy; Historical biogeography of recent South American land mammals; South American landscapes and their mammals; Comparative niche structure and evolution of mammals of the nearctic and southern South America; Origins and affinities of the mammal fauna of Paraguay; Adaptive zones of neotropical mammals: a comparison of some temperate and tropical patterns; Aboriginal perspectives of a mammals community in Amazonian Peru: knowledge and utilization patterns among the aguaruna jivaro; Ecology and biogeography of the Southern rainforests of Argentina; Brazilian rodents: their habitats and habits; Population biology of North and South American grassland rodents: a comparative review; The physiological ecology of South American mammals; Behavioral research in South America; Behavior, ecology, and distribution of the South American Marsupials; Evolution of South American Marsupialia; Biogeography of the bats of South America; Chromosomal studies of South American bats and their systematic implications; Conservation biology of neotropical primates; Systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation of South American edentates; The history and classification of South American hystricognath rodents: reflections of the far away and long ago; Patterns of diversity and adaptations in South American hystricognath rodents; Identity, distribution, and natural history of the peccaries, Tayassuidae; Biology, ecology, and relationship to man of the South American camelids; The Suriname small mammal survey: a case study of the cooperation between research and national conservations needs; Conservation of South American mammals: Argentina as a paradigm; Conservation of South American mammals; Research priorities in South America.
