The Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar

Herausgeber: Lehman, Shawn M.; Zimmermann, Elke; Radespiel, Ute

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 590
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1004g
• ISBN-13: 9781108828857
• ISBN-10: 110882885X
• Artikelnr.: 59788672

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword; Part I. Cheirogaleidae: Evolution,
Taxonomy, and Genetics: 1. Cheirogaleid diversity and evolution: big
questions about small primates; 2. The taxonomy of Cheirogaleidae: an ever
expanding species list; 3. Mitogenomics of the family Cheirogaleidae and
relationships to taxonomy and biogeography; 4. Why cheirogaleids are bad
models of primate ancestors: a phylogenetic reconstruction; 5. Contact
zones and species sympatry in dwarf lemurs (Genus Cheirogaleus): the roles
of ecological adaptation and sexual selection; Part II. Methods for
Studying Captive and Wild Cheirogaleids: 6. How to anesthetize mouse
lemurs; 7. Microcebus murinus - a unique primate for modeling human brain
disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and bovine spongiform
encephalopathy; 8. Life history variation in mouse lemurs: the effect of
environmental and phylogenetic determinants; 9. The effects of the lunar
cycle, temperature, and rainfall on the trapping success of wild brown
mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, southeastern
Madagascar; 10. Tiny samples from tiny lemurs: methodological
considerations for endoparasite analyses in mouse lemurs; 11. A review of
ectoparasites in the Cheirogaleidae; Part III. Cheirogaleidae: Behavior and
Ecology: 12. Morphology, behaviour, ranging patterns and habitat use of the
northern giant mouse lemur (Mirza zaza) in Sahamalaza, northwestern
Madagascar; 13. Living in riverine and xeric forests: Microcebus
griseorufus at Beza Mahafaly, SW Madagascar; 14. Determinants of intra- and
interspecific isotopic variation in mouse lemurs from northwestern
Madagascar; 15. Your food, my food: patterns of resource use in two
sympatric mouse lemur species; 16. The physiology of phyletic dwarfism in
Cheirogaleidae; 17. Possible causes and consequences of different
hibernation patterns in Cheirogaleus species - Mitovy fatsy sahala; 18.
Seed dispersal by mouse lemurs: Do Microcebus represent a unique
frugivorous guild?; Part IV. Cheirogaleidae: Sensory Ecology,
Communication, and Cognition: 18. Seed dispersal by mouse lemurs: do
Microcebus represent a unique frugivorous guild?; 19. Predation in the
dark: anti-predator strategies of Cheirogaleidae and other nocturnal
primates; 20. The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus): a novel cognitive
primate brain aging model; 21. Acoustic divergence in communication of
cheirogaleids with special emphasis to mouse lemurs; 22. Modeling the
origins of primate sociality: social flexibility and kinship in mouse
lemurs (Microcebus spp.); Part V. Cheirogaleidae: Conservation
Biogeography: 23. Ecological niche modeling of mouse lemurs (Microcebus
spp.) and its implications for their species diversity and biogeography;
24. Edge effects on tree dendrometrics, abiotics, and mouse lemur densities
in western dry forests in Madagascar; 25. Factors determining Microcebus
abundance in a fragmented landscape in Ankarafantsika National Park,
Madagascar; 26. Can behavioural ecology help to understand the divergent
range sizes of mouse lemurs?; 27. Conservation biology of the
Cheirogaleidae: future research directions; Index.