Eulipotyphla

This volume provides comprehensive, up-to-date overviews of the biology of each European Eulipotyphla species, including palaeontology, genetics, physiology, reproduction and development, ecology (habitat, diet, mortality, population dynamics), and behavior. Their economic importance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also discussed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal, and key literature. In addition, this volume contains a useful identification key to families, genera and species. This impressive volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European Eulipotyphla and will appeal to academics, students and professionals in mammal research.

List of contents

Erinaceidae.- Atelerix algirus.- Erinaceus europaeus.- Erinaceus roumanicus.- .- Emiechinus auritus.- Soricidae.- Crocidura russula.- Crocidura ichnusae.- Crocidura canariensis.- Crocidura zimmermanni.- Crocidura leucodon.- Crocidura sicula.- Crocidura suaveolens.- Diplomesodon pulchellum.- Neomys anomalus.- Neomys fodiens.- Sorex caecutiens.- Sorex coronatus.- Sorex tundrensis.- Sorex alpinus.- Sorex samniticus.- Sorex isodon.- Sorex minutissimus.- Sorex minutus.- Sorex araneus.- Sorex granarius.- Sorex antinorii.- Sorex arunchi.- Suncus etruscus.- Talpidae.- Desmana moschata.- Galemys pyrenaicus.- Talpa romana.- Talpa stankovici.- Talpa occidentalis.- Talpa caeca.- Talpa europaea.- Talpa levantis.

Product details

• Assisted by: I Sheftel (Editor), Leszek Rychlik (Editor), Boris I. Sheftel (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.07.2027
• EAN: 9783031977367
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3197736-7
• No. of pages: 775
• Illustrations: X, 775 p. 120 illus., 80 illus. in color.
• Series: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Umweltschutz, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Biodiversität (Artenvielfalt), Erinaceidae, Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Hedgehog, Mole, Zoology, Desman, Sorex, Crocidura, Erinaceus, Soricidae, Desmana, Neomys, shrew, Talpa, Talpidae, Soricomorpha