Primates and Lagomorpha

Zusatztext

This volume provides comprehensive overviews of the primates and each lagomorph species biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and management are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European primates and lagomorphs and will appeal to academics and students in mammal research, as well as to professionals dealing with mammal management, including control, use and conservation.

Autorenportrait

Klaus Hackländer studied Zoology at Philipps University Marburg/Lahn and the University of Vienna. He is currently a Full Professor of Wildlife Biology and Wildlife Management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, where he also coordinates the masters degree program on Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management. Hackländer is a member of numerous mammalogical societies and served as president of the German Society for Mammalian Biology from 2009 to 2016. He was Editor-in Chief of the journal Mammal Review from 2009 to 2015 and has coedited two books on the Lagomorpha, his favorite mammalian taxon. Hackländers research covers all aspects of mammalian biology, including ecology, behavior, physiology, diseases, and management. Paulo Célio Alves is an associate professor of biology in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto and the head of the Conservation Genetics and Wildlife Management research group at CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetics Resources). The cofounder and president of the World Lagomorph Society, he is the coeditor of the book Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation.

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