Tag: Mammals

Free Download Mammals of North America – Volume 2: Systematics and Taxonomy
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031508246 | 724 Pages | PDF (True) | 267 MB
The second volume of this book series synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species. Clear, simple and illustrated identification keys are provided to make knowledge of mammals easier and facilitate the training both students and professionals in the field, including readers without extensive experience. Descriptions of the different species are provided up to Order, highlighting the diagnostic features that allow identifying them promptly while the reader learns how to make subsequent identifications without having the book at hand. Each species comes with potential distribution maps based on existing records in the main museums of North America. The book includes the description, characteristics and distribution maps of the 781 species with range in the North America subcontinent

Free Download Mesozoic Mammals from South America and Their Forerunners by Guillermo W. Rougier
English | EPUB | 2021 | 398 Pages | ISBN : 303063860X | 155.2 MB
This book summarizes the most relevant published paleontological information, supplemented by our own original work, on the record of Mesozoic mammals’ evolution, their close ancestors and their immediate descendants. Mammals evolved in a systematically diverse world, amidst a dynamic geography that is at the root of the 6,500 species living today.

Free Download Jacopo P. Mortola MD, "Respiratory Physiology of Newborn Mammals: A Comparative Perspective"
English | 2001 | pages: 363 | ISBN: 0801864976 | PDF | 0,9 mb
Respiratory Physiology of Newborn Mammals: A Comparative Perspective emphasizes common trends among mammalian species in an effort to extract general rules about both the structure and the mechanisms of neonatal respiration. Jacopo P. Mortola outlines the key aspects of developmental respiratory physiology in the perinatal period. Based on what is learned from interspecies comparisons, Mortola addresses the question of how pulmonary ventilation fulfills the metabolic requirements of the newborn infant. Exceptions to the rules illuminate adaptations to particular tasks or conditions. Each chapter concludes with interspecies comparisons and clinical implications for the medically or zoologically oriented reader. The combination of developmental and comparative perspectives offers an original contribution to the field of developmental physiology.

Free Download Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals By Committee on Potential Impacts of Ambient Noise in the Ocean on Marine Mammals, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
2003 | 204 Pages | ISBN: 0309085365 | PDF | 6 MB
For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of communicating, navigating, and foraging. The possibility that human-generated noise could harm marine mammals or significantly interfere with their normal activities is an issue of increasing concern. Noise and its potential impacts have been regulated since the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. Public awareness of the issue escalated in 1990s when researchers began using high-intensity sound to measure ocean climate changes. More recently, the stranding of beaked whales in proximity to Navy sonar use has again put the issue in the spotlight. Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals reviews sources of noise in the ocean environment, what is known of the responses of marine mammals to acoustic disturbance, and what models exist for describing ocean noise and marine mammal responses. Recommendations are made for future data gathering efforts, studies of marine mammal behavior and physiology, and modeling efforts necessary to determine what the long- and short-term impacts of ocean noise on marine mammals.

Free Download Nancy Simmons, "Exploring the World of Mammals"
English | 2008 | pages: 415 | ISBN: 0791096513 | PDF | 48,7 mb
Articles describe specific groups of mammals-such as bears, cats and dogs-and families of carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores, and cover their life cycles and their hunting, feeding, and breeding habits.

Free Download Mammals of Texas Field Guide (Mammal Identification Guides) by Stan Tekiela
English | December 5, 2023 | ISBN: 164755425X | 416 pages | PDF | 56 Mb
Identify Texas mammals with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by family and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.

Free Download Joseph F. Merritt, "The Biology of Small Mammals"
English | ISBN: 0801879507 | 2010 | 336 pages | PDF | 19 MB

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Free Download Physiology of Marine Mammals: Adaptations to the Ocean
by Michael Castellini
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032285605 | 369 pages | True PDF | 72.5 MB

Free Download Amazonian Mammals: Current Knowledge and Conservation Priorities by Wilson R. Spironello, Adrian A. Barnett, Jessica W. Lynch, Paulo E. D. Bobrowiec, Sarah A. Boyle
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 483 Pages | ISBN : 3031430700 | 97.2 MB
The mammal fauna of the Brazilian Amazon is one of the most diverse on Earth with over 450 known species. Bringing together more than 70 of the world’s top experts on Amazonian mammals, this book unites, for the first time, up-to-date data on the current state of knowledge on the ecology of all groups of non-rodent mammals in the Brazilian Amazon, analyses the effectiveness of current conservation programmes and identifies research and conservation priorities for the future.

Free Download Marine Mammals: A Guide to the Whales, Dolphins and Seals of Southern Africa and the Southern Ocean by Chris Stuart
English | April 8, 2022 | ISBN: 1775847896 | 161 pages | PDF | 21 Mb
This is easy-to-use identification guide to the whales, dolphins and seals found in southern African waters and the Southern Ocean is compact yet comprehensive. Close to 50 species occur in the region: from the demonstrative Humpback Whale and Dusky Dolphin to the striking Leopard Seal and massive Blue Whale. Th is book: _ Covers key identification features, behaviour, diet and distribution _ Includes best times and places to view more commonly seen species _ Explains breaching, spy hopping, lob-tailing, bow-sur_ ng, logging and other common behaviours _ Features detailed illustrations of diagnostic characteristics _ Includes the diving outlines, breathing ‘blow’ and tail shapes of common whales _ Unpacks marine mammals’ evolutionary background and remarkable adaptations to_aquatic life.