The biology of the Xenarthra:
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Veröffentlicht: Gainesville University Press of Florida c2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-356) and indexes
Xenarthran biology : past, present, and future / Sergio F. Vizcaíno and W.J. Loughry -- Recent advances and future prospects in xenarthran molecular phylogenetics / Frédéric Delsuc and Emmanuel J.P. Douzery -- Morphology-based investigations of the phylogenetic relationships among extant and fossil xenarthrans / Timothy J. Gaudin and H. Gregory McDonald -- Fossil history of sloths / H. Gregory McDonald and Gerardo De Iuliis -- Paleogeographic distribution and anatomical adaptations in Peruvian megatheriine ground sloths (Xenarthra: Megatherioidea) / François Pujos -- Skeletal anatomy and the fossil history of the Vermilingua / H. Gregory McDonald, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, and M. Susana Bargo -- The evolution of armored xenarthrans and a phylogeny of the glyptodonts / Juan Carlos Fernicola, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, and Richard A. Fariña -- Form, function, and paleobiology in xenarthrans / Sergio F. Vizcaíno, M. Susana Bargo, and Richard A. Fariña --
- Armadillos and dimorphic pathogenic fungi : ecological and evolutionary aspects / Eduardo Bagagli and Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco -- Leprosy / Richard W. Truman -- The spleen of the armadillo : lessons of organ adaptation / Emma B. Casanave and Elena J. Galíndez -- The use of armadillo clones from the genus Dasypus as experimental models to investigate the source of physiological variability / Patrice Boily -- The physiology of two- and three-toed sloths / Desmond Gilmore, Denia Fittipaldi Duarte, and Carlos Peres da Costa -- Sperm evolution in dasypodids / Pablo D. Cetica and María Susana Merani -- Reproductive biology of the nine-banded armadillo / Richard D. Peppler -- Reproductive parameters and placentation in anteaters and sloths / Kurt Benirschke -- Placentation in armadillos, with emphasis on development of the placenta in polyembryonic species / Allen C. Enders -- Sequencing the armadillo genome / Jean Chang and James E. Adams --
- Chromosomal studies in the Xenarthra / Wilham Jorge and Helio Rubens Jacintho Pereira Jr. -- Genes and demes : population genetic analyses of the Xenarthra / Paulo A. Prodöhl, W.J. Loughry, and Colleen M. McDonough -- Conservation status of the Xenarthra / John M. Aguiar and Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca -- Maintenance of Xenarthra in captivity / Mariella Superina, Flávia Miranda, and Tinka Plese -- Exploitation of xenarthrans by the Guaraní-Isoseño indigenous people of the Bolivian Chaco : comparisons with hunting by other indigenous groups in Latin America, and implications for conservation / Andrew J. Noss, Rosa Leny Cuéllar, and Erika Cuéllar -- Anteater behavior and ecology / Flávio H.G. Rodrigues ... [et al.] -- Sloth ecology : an overview of field studies / Adriano Garcia Chiarello -- Behavioral ecology of armadillos / Colleen M. McDonough and W.J. Loughry -- Xenarthrans of the Paraguayan Chaco / Dennis A. Meritt Jr. --
- Ecology and conservation of three species of armadillos in the Pampas region, Argentina / Agustín M. Abba and Marcelo H. Cassini -- Biology and ecology of armadillos in the Bolivian Chaco / Erika Cuéllar -- The natural history of the pichi, Zaedyus pichiy, in western Argentina / Mariella Superina
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