Heaney / Balete / Rickart The Mammals of Luzon Island

Biogeography and Natural History of a Philippine Fauna
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1838-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 254 mm

A beautifully illustrated guide to the complete mammalian biodiversity of the Philippines’ largest island.

Revealing the astounding mammalian diversity found on the largest Philippine island, The Mammals of Luzon Island is a unique book that functions both as a field guide and study of tropical fauna. The book features 120 fully illustrated species profiles and shows how the mammals fit into larger questions related to evolution, ecology, and biogeography. Luzon’s stunning variety of mammals includes giant fruit-eating bats; other bats so small that they can roost inside bamboo stems; giant plant-eating rodents that look like, but are not, squirrels; shrews that weigh less than half an ounce; the rapidly disappearing Philippine warty pig; and the long-tailed macaque, Luzon’s only nonhuman primate.

While celebrating Luzon’s remarkably rich mammal fauna, the authors also suggest conservation strategies for the many species that are under threat from a variety of pressures. Based on a century of accumulated data and fifteen years of intensive study, The Mammals of Luzon Island delivers a message that will appeal equally to scientists, conservationists, and ecologically minded travelers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heaney, Lawrence R.

Balete, Danilo S.

Rickart, Eric A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. The Biogeography of Diversity
1. The Mammals of Luzon, 1895– 2012
2. Climate and Habitats
3. Discovering Diversity
4. Geological History and Fossil Mammals
5. Producing Diversity
6. Habitat Disturbance and Invasive Species
7. Conservation of Luzon's Mammalian Diversity
8. Synthesis
Part II. Natural History of Luzon Mammals
9. Large Mammals
10. A Guide to the Small Mammals
1: Order Soricomorpha
2: Old Endemics
3: Old Endemics
4: New Endemic Rodents
5: Non-Native Rodents
11. A Guide to the Bats
1: Introduction to Bats
2: Family Pteropodidae
3: Family Emballonuridae
4: Family Megadermatidae
5: Family Hipposideridae
6: Family Rhinolophidae
7: Family Vespertilionidae
8: Family Molossidae
Glossary
Literature Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Heaney, Lawrence R.
Lawrence R. Heaney is the curator of mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History.

Balete, Danilo S.
Danilo S. Balete is a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History.

Rickart, Eric A.
Eric A. Rickart is the curator of vertebrates at the Natural History Museum of Utah.