{"product_id":"9781119675730","title":"Evolution of Island Mammals Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEvolution of Island Mammals\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAdaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexandra van der Geer | George Lyras | John de Vos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Life Sciences \/ Evolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEVOLUTION OF ISLAND MAMMALS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvolution of Island Mammals, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, provides an updated and expanded overview of the current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal biology, exemplified by a variety of fossil species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders familiar with the first edition will find here a host of updated and enhanced material, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn entirely new chapter on the island rule\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpdated and expanded theoretical chapters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpdated and improved taxonomic information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtensive coverage of new discoveries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody masses or body size indices for most extinct island mammals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew figures visualizing the richness of the fossil record\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis accessible and richly illustrated textbook is written for graduate level students and professional researchers in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, biogeography, zoology, and ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra van der Geer\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. She publishes on various subjects, including insularity, primatology and the relation between humans and animals. Among her previous books are \u003ci\u003eAnimals in Stone and Hoe dieren op eilanden evolueren\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lyras\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of the faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment of the University of Athens, Greece. His research focuses primarily on the evolution of carnivores, brain evolution and biogeography of insular mammals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn de Vos\u003c\/b\u003e is honorary research associate and former curator of the Dubois Collection and the Collection of Pleistocene mammal fossils from the Netherlands and the North Sea at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands. His expertise and field of research include the taxonomic, systematic, geographic and stratigraphic research of the Pleistocene mammals of Southeast Asia in relation to fossil humans and fossil island faunas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 April 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119675730\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e576\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e46.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315736866956,"sku":"9781119675730","price":129.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119675730.jpg?v=1780143645","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781119675730","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}