Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands

ISBN-13: 9781119675730 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 576 str.

Alexandra Van Der Geer; George Lyras; John De Vos

Spis treści

Part IChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 History of Island StudiesChapter 3 Factors that Influence Island FaunasPart IIChapter 4 CyprusChapter 5 CreteChapter 6 GarganoChapter 7 SicilyChapter 8 MaltaChapter 9 Sardinia and CorsicaChapter 10 The Balearic IslandsChapter 11 MadagascarChapter 12 JavaChapter 13 FloresChapter 14 SulawesiChapter 15 The PhilippinesChapter 16 JapanChapter 17 The Southern and Central Ryukyu IslandsChapter 18 The Californian Channel IslandsChapter 19 The Greater AntillesChapter 20 The Lesser AntillesPart IIIChapter 21 An Overview of Endemic SpeciesChapter 22 Speciation Processes in Island EnvironmentsChapter 23 The Island Rule: Dwarfism and GigantismChapter 24 Parallel Patterns and TrendsChapter 25 Extinction of Island MammalsReferencesIndex

O autorze

Alexandra van der Geer is a researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. She publishes on various subjects, including insularity, primatology and the relation between humans and animals. Among her previous books are Animals in Stone and Hoe dieren op eilanden evolueren.George Lyras is a member of the faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment of the University of Athens, Greece. His research focuses primarily on the evolution of carnivores, brain evolution and biogeography of insular mammals.John de Vos is honorary research associate and former curator of the Dubois Collection and the Collection of Pleistocene mammal fossils from the Netherlands and the North Sea at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands. His expertise and field of research include the taxonomic, systematic, geographic and stratigraphic research of the Pleistocene mammals of Southeast Asia in relation to fossil humans and fossil island faunas.