Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Ancient mammals of Gondwanan South America -- Chapter3: Early Cenozoic mammals in South America -- Chapter4: Marsupials and other metatheres of South America -- Chapter5: The native ungulates of South America -- Chapter6: The xenarthrans-armadillos, glyptodonts, anteaters, sloths -- Chapter7: The Caviomorphs – First South American Rodents -- Chapter8: The P…
A glossary for morphometrics -- Modern Morphometrics -- Theory and Methods -- After Landmarks -- Semilandmarks in Three Dimensions -- An Alternative Approach to Space Curve Analysis Using the Example of the Neanderthal Occipital Bun -- Correcting for the Effect of Orientation in Geometric Morphometric Studies of Side-View Images of Human Heads -- Fourier Descriptors, Procrustes Superimposition,…
Cell lineage and gene expression in the development of polychaetes -- Trochophora larvae and adult body regions in annelids: some conclusions -- Comparative structure of the epidermis in polychaetes (Annelida) -- Chaetae and chaetogenesis in polychaetes (Annelida) -- Sense organs in polychaetes (Annelida) -- Morphology of the nervous system of Polychaeta (Annelida) -- Muscular system in polycha…
Flight -- Development -- Qualitative Morphology -- Quantitative Morphology (Morphometry) -- Comparative Respiratory Morphology.In biology, few organs have so eluded understanding as the lung-air sac system of birds. Considerable progress recently has been made in filling the gaps in knowledge, however. While summarizing and building on earlier observations and ideas, this book provides cutting-…
Foraging Behaviour -- The Life-cycle -- Genetics -- Mating Behaviour -- Mating Systems -- Populations and Communities -- Population Dynamics -- Phytophagy.Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in particular, as research animals derives from the relative ease w…
The Encyclopedia of Entomology brings together the talents of over 350 distinguished entomologists from 36 countries to provide a detailed, global overview of insects and their close relatives, including taxonomy, behavior, ecology, physiology, history, and management. All the major groups of arthropods are treated, as are many important families and individual species. The Encyclopedia also co…
Complementarity of Species Distributions as a Tool for Prioritising Conservation Actions in Africa: Testing the Efficiency of Using Coarse-Scale Distribution Data -- Scorpion Diversity and Distribution in Southern Africa: Pattern and Process -- Madagascar as a Model Region for the Study of Tempo and Pattern in Adaptive Radiations -- Commemorating Martin Eisentraut (1902–1994) - Important Expl…
Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Natural and socio-economic conditions -- Chapter 3 The hosts and vectors of natural focal diseases -- Chapter 4 The spread of primary natural focal diseases -- Chapter 5 Territorial organization of sanitary and epidemiological services -- Conclusion -- Authors -- Bibliography -- Maps, illustrations and photo credits. .This book is the first scienti…