Format:
1 Online-Ressource(71 illus., 62 illus. in color. eReference.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
ISBN:
9783030244750
Series Statement:
Handbook of the Mammals of Europe
Content:
Sus scrofa (M. Scandura, L. Iacolina et al.) -- Muntiacus reevesi (Norma Chapman) -- Cervus elaphus (Zachos et al.) -- Cervus nippon (Putman et al.) -- Dama dama (as Cervus dama) -- Apollonio et al.) -- Axis axis (Zachos, Sprem) -- Alces alces (Magdalena Niedzialkowska) -- Rangifer tarandus (Øystein Holand et al.) -- Capreolus capreolus (Rita Lorenzini et al.) -- Hydropotes inermis (Arnold Cooke) -- Odocoileus virginianus (Jon E. Brommer) -- Bison bonasus (Kowalczyk et al.) -- Ovibos moschatus (Mads Forchhammer et al.) -- Rupicapra spp. (Luca Corlatti et al.) -- Capra aegagrus (Sandro Lovari & Haritakis Papaioannou) -- Capra ibex (Alice Brambilla et al.) -- Capra pyrenaica (Juan Herrero et al.) -- Ovis ammon (as O. a. musimon) (Pascal Marchand & Mathieu Garel et al.) -- Ammotragus lervia (Nikica Sprem et al.) -- Capra caucasica (Paul Weinberg & Stefan Michel).
Content:
This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each terrestrial cetartiodactyl species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat and diet. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European terrestrial cetartiodactyls and will appeal to academics and students in mammal research, as well as to professionals dealing with mammal management, including control, use and conservation.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030244743
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030244743
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-24475-0
