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Macropods : the biology of kangaroos, wallabies, and rat-kangaroos

Title
Macropods : the biology of kangaroos, wallabies, and rat-kangaroos / editors, Graeme Coulson and Mark Eldridge.
ISBN
9780643096622 (pbk)
0643096620 (pbk)
Published
Collingwood, VIC, Australia : CSIRO Pub., ©2010.
Physical Description
xiv, 408 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Proceedings of a symposium held on July 6-7, 2006 at the University of Melbourne, sponsored by the Australian Mammal Society.
Variant and related titles
Biology of kangaroos, wallabies, and rat-kangaroos
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 16, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Mapping genes on tammar wallaby target chromosomes / J.E. Deakin and J.A.M. Graves
Genetic architecture of the macropodid immune system / H.V. Siddle ... [et al.]
Marsupials as models for mammalian pre-natal development : the tammar wallaby / D. Hickford
Population genetic studies of the Macropodoidea : a review / M.D.B. Eldridge, M.P. Piggott, and S.L. Hazlitt
Sex chromosome microsatellites : new tools for macropodoid population ecology / A.J. MacDonald, S.D. Sarre, and N.N. FitzSimmons
Sperm competition in the Macropodoidea : a review of evidence / J.Z. Paplinska ... [et al.]
Dominance and paternity in the tammar wallaby / E.J. Miller, M.D.B. Eldridge, and C.A. Herbert
Strong matrilineal structuring in the brush-tailed rock-wallaby confirmed by spatial patterns of mitochondrial DNA / S.L. Hazlitt, M.D.B. Eldridge, and A.W. Goldizen
Energetic characteristics of macropodoid locomotion / T.J. Dawson and K.N. Webster
Development of endothermy and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Tasmanian bettong : a review / R.W. Rose
Mechanistic explanations for drought-related mortality of juvenile red kangaroos : implications for population dynamics and modelling / A.J. Munn and T.J. Dawson
Mesial drift and mesial shift in the molars of four species of wallaby : the influence of chewing mechanics on tooth movement in a group of species with an unusual mode of jaw action / R.G. Lentle and I.D. Hume
Functional pedal morphology of the extinct tree-kangaroo Bohra (Diprotodontia:Macropodidae) / N.M. Warburton and G.J. Prideaux
Mycophagy in a community of macropodoid species / K. Vernes
Determining the diet of tammar wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia, using stable isotope analysis / A. McMillan ... [et al.]
Ecology and conservation of the antilopine wallaroo : an overview of current knowledge / E.G. Ritchie
Effect of habitat type, sex, and time of day on space use by the swamp wallaby / J. Di Stefano ... [et al.]
Reassessing the spatial and temporal dynamics of kangaroo populations / A.R. Pople ... [et al.]
Impact of human disturbance on the population dynamics and ecology of tammar wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia / B.K. Chambers and R. Bencini
Habitat partitioning among sympatric grey kangaroos and swamp wallabies in box-ironbark remnants / B. Schmidt, G. Coulson, and J. Di Stefano
Diversity and distribution of helminth parasites in macropodoid marsupials / I. Beveridge, D.M. Spratt, and P.M. Johnson
Returning the rat-kangaroos : translocation attempts in the family Potoroidae (superfamily Macropodoidea) and recommendations for conservation / G.R. Finlayson, S.T. Finlayson, and C.R. Dickman
Cross-fostering and short-term pouch young isolation in macropodoid marsupials : implications for conservation and species management / D.A. Taggart ... [et al.]
Roads as drivers of change for macropodids / D. Ramp
Speed limit, verge width, and day length : major factors in road-kills of tammar wallabies on Garden Island, Western Australia / B.K. Chambers ... [et al.]
Flight response as a causative factor in kangaroo-vehicle collisions / E. Lee, D.B. Croft, and D. Ramp
Advances in fertility control technologies for managing overabundant macropodid populations / C.A. Herbert ... [et al.]
Darting eastern grey kangaroos : a protocol for free-ranging populations / M.W. Roberts ... [et al.]
Monitoring the fate of translocated eastern grey kangaroos at the Gold Coast / K. Higginbottom and S. Page
Managing a kangaroo population by culling to simulate predation : the Wyperfeld trial / D.G. Morgan and P. Pegler
Changes in vegetation condition following kangaroo population management in Wyperfeld National Park / S.A. Gowans ... [et al.]
Using harvest statistics to monitor temporal variation in kangaroo density and harvest rate / A.R. Pople ... [et al.]
Appendix. Macropod species list.
Also listed under
Coulson, G. M. (Graeme M.)
Eldridge, Mark Derek Bruce.
Australian Mammal Society.
CSIRO Publishing.
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