Tyrone Lavery (The Australian Nat. Univ.), Tim Flannery (Text Publishing Company)

Mammals of the South-West Pacific

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mammals of the South-west Pacific details the natural history for more than 180 species of marsupials, bats and rodents from 24 Pacific nations and territories. Species profiles are accompanied by distribution maps, illustrations and photographs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 177mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1016g
• ISBN-13: 9781032254401
• ISBN-10: 1032254408
• Artikelnr.: 67400811

Autorenporträt

Tyrone Lavery is a mammologist. He was first drawn to the South-west Pacific by a desire to search for undescribed species. He has studied many of its rare and unique mammals, discovering how they are related, where they occur and the threats they are facing. Tyrone endeavours to support Pacific Island communities through this research. Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist, explorer and conservationist. From the late 1980s, Tim's focus shifted towards the living mammals of Melanesia and the Pacific Islands. In 1995 he published comprehensive works on the biologically rich regions of New Guinea and the Pacific. Tim maintains a role in Pacific Island conservation efforts today via relationships with organisations and communities in Melanesia.

Inhaltsangabe

About the authors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction.
Species Accounts. Geology. Flora and Vegetation. Human Presence,
Translocation and Extinction. Paleontology. Zoogeography. Conservation of
South-west Pacific Mammals. Monotremata. Dasyuromorphia. Peramelemorphia.
Diprotodontia. Rodentia. Chiroptera. Introduced Species. Glossary. Appendix
A: Annotated Faunal list for the nations and territories of the region