Mammals of South America, Volume 2 - Rodents

Provides the first substantive review of South American rodents. This book covers all native rodents of South America, the continental islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean Netherlands off the Venezuelan coast. It includes identification keys and descriptions of all genera and species.

About the author

James L. Patton is emeritus professor of integrative biology and curator of mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. He is coeditor of Life Underground: The Biology of Subterranean Rodents, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Ulyses F. J. Pardinas is senior scientist at the Centro Nacional Patagonico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Guillermo D'Elia is professor in the Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas at the Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia.

Summary

Provides the first substantive review of South American rodents. This book covers all native rodents of South America, the continental islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean Netherlands off the Venezuelan coast. It includes identification keys and descriptions of all genera and species.

Product details

• Authors: &apos, elia, Ulyses F. J. Da?elia Pardinas, James L. Patton, James L. (EDT)/ Pardi±as Patton, James L. Pardinas Patton
• Assisted by: Guillermo D?Elia (Editor), Guillermo D¿Elia (Editor), Guillermo DA?Elia (Editor), Guillermo D¿Elia (Editor), Guillermo D'Elia (Editor), Ulyses F. J. Pardinas (Editor), Pardinas Ulyses F. J. (Editor), James L. Patton (Editor), Patton James L. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2015
• EAN: 9780226169576
• ISBN: 978-0-226-16957-6
• No. of pages: 1384
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; South America, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, Wildlife: mammals, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)