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Comparative Biology and Evolutionary Relationships of Tree Shrews
W. Patrick . Ed(S): Luckett
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Paperback. Editor(s): Luckett, W. Patrick. Series: Advances in Primatology. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
Tree shrews are small-bodied, scansorial, squirrel-like mammals that occupy a wide range of arboreal, semi-arboreal, and forest floor niches in Southeast Asia and adjacent islands. Comparative aspects of tree shrew biology have been the subject of extensive investigations during the past two decades. These studies were initiated in part because of the widely accepted belief that tupaiids are primitive primates, and, as such, might provide valuable insight into the evolutionary origin of complex patterns of primate behavior, locomotion, neurobiology, and reproduction. During the same period, there has been a renewed interest in the methodology of phylogenetic reconstruction and in the ... Read more
Tree shrews are small-bodied, scansorial, squirrel-like mammals that occupy a wide range of arboreal, semi-arboreal, and forest floor niches in Southeast Asia and adjacent islands. Comparative aspects of tree shrew biology have been the subject of extensive investigations during the past two decades. These studies were initiated in part because of the widely accepted belief that tupaiids are primitive primates, and, as such, might provide valuable insight into the evolutionary origin of complex patterns of primate behavior, locomotion, neurobiology, and reproduction. During the same period, there has been a renewed interest in the methodology of phylogenetic reconstruction and in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Primatology
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468410532
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V9781468410532
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