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Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6
Lagomorphs and Rodents I
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Publicat per Lynx Edicions en associació amb Conservation International i IUCN
Les rates i similars de l’ordre Rodentia constitueixen gairebé la meitat de les espècies de mamífers. Tenint això en consideració, vam realitzar una enquesta entre els nostres lectors, el resultat de la qual va mostrar una claríssima preferència a favor que els rosegadors es tractessin en dos volums en lloc d’un, per tal d’incloure la màxima informació i il·lustracions. El volum 6 cobrirà, doncs, l’ordre Lagomorpha, que inclou conills, llebres i piques, a més de tots els rosegadors, amb l’excepció del subordre Myomorpha (rates, talpons i similars). Aquest grup inclou unes 35 famílies que s’han estès per tot el món, ocupant tots els continents excepte l’Antàrtica, a més d’un gran nombre d’illes dels principals oceans. Com de costum, el text inclou la informació actualitzada de totes les espècie , així com una il·lustració de cadascuna. Cada família inclou fotografies en color que documenten la varietat de comportaments d’aquests mamífers tan interessants i diversos.
Aquest volum inclou també un capítol especial: Una visió general dels rosegadors, que inclou capítols sobre la morfologia, taxonomia i la història evolutiva; el perquè de l’estudi dels rosegadors i les eines per portar-lo a terme.
Amb el suport de
Famílies tractades al Volum 6:
ORDRE LAGOMORPHA
- 2 famílies, 12 gèneres, 92 espècies
ORDRE RODENTIA
- Subordre Castorimorpha: 3 famílies, 13 gèneres, 109 espècies
- Subordre Anomaluromorpha: 2 famílies, 4 gèneres, 9 espècies
- Subordre Hystricomorpha: 17 famílies, 70 gèneres, 291 espècies
- Subordre Sciuromorpha: 3 famílies, 70 gèneres, 322 espècies
Continguts i autors:
| Família Ochotonidae | Andrey Lissovsky |
| Família Leporidae | Stéphanie Schai-Braun & Klaus Hackländer |
| Família Castoridae | Peter Busher |
| Família Heteromyidae | David Hafner |
| Família Geomyidae | Mark Hafner |
| Família Anomaluridae | Stephen Jackson |
| Família Pedetidae | Raquel López-Antoñanzas |
| Família Ctenodactylidae | Raquel López-Antoñanzas |
| Família Diatomyidae | Paula Jenkins |
| Família Hystricidae | Erika Barthelmess |
| Família Thryonomyidae | Raquel López-Antoñanzas |
| Família Petromuridae | Raquel López-Antoñanzas |
| Família Heterocephalidae | Bruce Patterson |
| Família Bathyergidae | Rodney Honeycutt |
| Família Erethizontidae | Erika Barthelmess |
| Família Cuniculidae | Rafael Samudio, Jr |
| Família Caviidae | Thomas Lacher, Jr |
| Família Dasyproctidae | Thomas Lacher, Jr & Jessica Gilbert |
| Família Chinchillidae | Angel Spotorno & Pablo Valladares |
| Família Dinomyidae | Michael Mares & Janet Braun |
| Família Abrocomidae | Louise Emmons |
| Família Ctenomyidae | Thales Freitas |
| Família Octodontidae | Agustina Ojeda |
| Família Echimyidae | Pierre-Henri Fabre, Jim Patton & Yuri Leite |
| Família Aplodontiidae | Samantha Hopkins |
| Família Sciuridae | John Koprowski, Emily Goldstein, Kendell Bennett & Calebe Pereira |
| Família Gliridae | Mary Ellen Holden-Musser, Rimvydas Juškaitis & Grace Musser |
- 60 làmines en color, 735 fotografies en color, 850 mapes de distribució.
| Pes | 4.9 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 24 × 31 cm |
| Language | Anglès |
| Product format | Tapa dura |
| Pàgines | 987 |
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| ISBN | 978-84-941892-3-4 |
| Data de publicació | Juliol 2016 |
| Publicat per | Lynx Edicions |
Chief Editors
Dr Don E. Wilson: Curator Emeritus, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA; and Co-chair, IUCN/SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group.
Dr Thomas E. Lacher, Jr: Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Dr Russell A. Mittermeier: President, Conservation International; Vice-President, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); and Chair, IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, USA.
Authors
Dr Erika L. Barthelmess: Professor of Biology and Nature Up North Project Director, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA.
Kendell R. Bennett: Doctoral Student, School of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Dr Janet K. Braun: Curator of Mammals and Genomic Resources, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
Dr Peter E. Busher: Professor, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of General Studies, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dr Louise H. Emmons: Research Associate, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA.
Dr Pierre-Henri Fabre: Associate Professor, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Equipe Phylogénie & Evolution Moléculaires, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, and Associate Researcher, USNM Mammal Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
Dr Thales R. O. Freitas: Professor, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Jessica A. Gilbert: Research Assistant, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Dr Emily A. Goldstein: Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Professor Klaus Hackländer: Head, Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, Department of Integrative Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Professor David J. Hafner: Research Associate, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Professor Mark S. Hafner: Professor and Curator Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Dr Mary E. Holden-Musser: Research Associate, Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA.
Professor Rodney L. Honeycutt: University Professor and Divisional Dean, Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA.
Dr Samantha S. B. Hopkins: Associate Professor of Geology, Clark Honors College and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Dr Stephen M. Jackson: Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries, Orange, New South Wales, Australia; and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Paula D. Jenkins: Senior Curator, Vertebrates Division, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Dr Rimvydas Ju?kaitis: Leading Researcher, Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Professor John L. Koprowski: School of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Dr Thomas E. Lacher, Jr: Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Dr Yuri L. R. Leite: Associate Professor, Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Dr Andrey A. Lissovsky: Scientific Associate, Zoological museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia.
Dr Raquel López-Antoñanzas: Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Dr Michael A. Mares: Director and Curator of Mammals, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA and Professor, Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
Grace M. Musser: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Dr Agustina A. Ojeda: Researcher at National Council for Science & Technology of Argentina (CONICET), Grupo de Investigaciones de la Biodiversidad (GIB), Instituto Argentino de Zonas Áridas (IADIZA)-CCT Mendoza-CONICET, Mendoza. Argentina.
Dr Bruce D. Patterson: MacArthur Curator of Mammals, Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Dr James L. Patton: Professor and Curator Emeritus, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
Calebe Pereira Mendes: Doctoral Student, Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Dr Rafael Samudio, Jr: Director, Programa de Biodiversidad de los Mamíferos de Panamá, Sociedad Mastozoológica de Panamá (SOMASPA), Panama City, Panamá, Republic of Panama.
Dr Stéphanie C. Schai-Braun: Research Assistant, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Dr Angel E. Spotorno: Professor, Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Dr Pablo Valladares Faúndez: Professor, Department of Biology, University of Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
Artist
Toni Llobet
Toni Llobet (b. Barcelona, 1975) is a self-taught wildlife artist and naturalist, with a wide knowledge of field naturalism, geography and environmental issues. As well as being a field sketcher and traditional painter, he is a master of digital illustration technique, which allows him to work to high levels of both accuracy and productivity.
More than two decades as a wildlife artist - his first illustrations were created in his early teens for local bulletins and guides - have yielded a wide range of material and publications, from interpretation boards for Natural Parks to environmental computer games and websites, as well as children's books on endangered species, T-shirts, posters, information panels, logos, leaflets, guides, and books and other material for organizations and government bodies both in Catalonia and abroad, such as the Catalan Institute for Ornithology, the Durrell Wildlife Preservation Trust, Greenpeace, WWF, the Swedish ministry of the Environment and the UNEP-MAP programme. The Catalan Bird Breeding Atlas 1999-2002 was one of his most important projects prior to the challenge of illustrating the Handbook of the Mammals of the World.
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