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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Phylogenetic Context and Historical Biogeography
Chapter 1. Metatheria and Marsupialia
Chapter 2. South America, the Island Continent
Chapter 3. The Great American Biotic Interchange and Its Aftermath
Part II. Opossum Classification and Diversity
Chapter 4. Taxonomic Accounts
Part III. Opossum Phenotypes
Chapter 5. Morphology
Chapter 6. Physiology
Chapter 7. Behavior
Part IV. Opossum Natural History
Chapter 8. Habitats
Chapter 9. Diets
Chapter 10. Parasites
Chapter 11. Predators
Chapter 12. Competitors and Mutualists
Chapter 13. Population Biology
Part V. Synthesis
Chapter 14. Adaptive Radiation
Appendix 1. A Checklist of Living Opossums (Didelphidae)
Appendix 2. Fruit Taxa Eaten by Opossums in French Guiana
Appendix 3. Prey Taxa Eaten by Opossums in Southeastern Brazil
References
Index

Opossums An Adaptive Radiation of New World

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 04/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9781421439785, 978-1421439785
      ISBN10: 1421439786

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      Part I. Phylogenetic Context and Historical Biogeography
      Chapter 1. Metatheria and Marsupialia
      Chapter 2. South America, the Island Continent
      Chapter 3. The Great American Biotic Interchange and Its Aftermath
      Part II. Opossum Classification and Diversity
      Chapter 4. Taxonomic Accounts
      Part III. Opossum Phenotypes
      Chapter 5. Morphology
      Chapter 6. Physiology
      Chapter 7. Behavior
      Part IV. Opossum Natural History
      Chapter 8. Habitats
      Chapter 9. Diets
      Chapter 10. Parasites
      Chapter 11. Predators
      Chapter 12. Competitors and Mutualists
      Chapter 13. Population Biology
      Part V. Synthesis
      Chapter 14. Adaptive Radiation
      Appendix 1. A Checklist of Living Opossums (Didelphidae)
      Appendix 2. Fruit Taxa Eaten by Opossums in French Guiana
      Appendix 3. Prey Taxa Eaten by Opossums in Southeastern Brazil
      References
      Index

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