| Título : | The Biology of the Xenarthra | | Tipo de documento: | Libro | | Autores: | Sergio Fabián Vizcaíno, Editor científico ; W.J. Loughry, Editor científico | | Editorial: | Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida | | Fecha de publicación: | 2008 | | Número de páginas: | xvi, 370 p. : il. | | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-8130-3165-1 | | Idioma : | Inglés | | Clasificación: | [BFA] Ciencias Naturales y Biológicas:Zoología
| | Palabras clave: | Paleontología Xenartros Mamíferos Edentados Armadillos Gliptodontes Dasipódidos Megaterios | | Clasificación: | 599.312 | | Resumen: | 20120124026994 | | Nota de contenido: | 1. Xenarthran biology: past, present and future / Sergio F. Vizcaíno, W.J. Loughry
Part 1. Phylogeny
2. Recent advances and future prospects in xenarthran molecular phylogenetics / Frédéric Delsuc, Emmanuel J.P. Douzery
3. Morphology-based investigations of the phylogenetic relationships among extant and fossil xenarthrans / Timothy J. Gaudin, H. Gregory McDonald
Part 2. Fossil Xenarthra
4. Fossil history of sloths / H. Gregory McDonald, Gerardo De Iuliis
5. Paleogeographic distribution and anatomical adaptations in Peruvian megatheriine ground sloths (Xenarthra: Megatherioidea) / François Pujos
6. Skeletal anatomy and the fossil history of the Vermilingua / H. Gregory McDonald, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, M. Susana Bargo
7. The evolution of armored xenarthrans and a phylogeny of the glyptodonts / Juan Carlos Fernicola, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Richard A. Fariña
8. Form, function and paleobiology in xenarthrans / Sergio F. Vizcaíno, M. Susana Bargo, Richard A. Fariña
Part 3. Living Xenarthra: Physiology and Genetics
9. Armadillos and dimorphic pathogenic fungi: Ecological and evolutionary aspects / Eduardo Bagagli, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco
10. Leprosy / Richard W. Truman
11. The spleen of the armadillo: Lessons of organ adaptation / Emma B. Casanave, Elena J. Galíndez
12. The use of armadillo clones from the genus Dasypus as experimental models to investigate the source of physiological variability / Patrice Boily
13. The physiology of two- and three-toed sloths / Desmond Gilmore, Denia Fittipaldi Duarte, Carlos Peres da Costa
14. Sperm evolution in dasypodids / Pablo D. Cetica, María Susana Merani
15. Reproductive biology of the nine-banded armadillo / Richard D. Peppler
16. Reproductive parameters and placentation in anteaters and sloths / Kurt Benirschke
17. Placentation in armadillos, with emphasis on development of the placenta in polyembryonic species / Allen C. Enders
18. Sequencing the armadillo genome / Jean L. Chang, James E. Adams
19. Chromosomal studies in the Xenarthra / Wilham Jorge, Helio Rubens Jacintho Pereira Jr.
20. Genes and demes: population genetic analyses of the Xenarthra / Paulo A. Prodöhl, W.J. Loughry, Colleen M. McDonough
Part 4. Living Xenarthra: Conservation
21. Conservation status of the Xenarthra / John M. Aguiar, Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca
22. Maintenance of Xenarthra in captivity / Mariella Superina, Flávia Miranda, Tinka Plese
23. Exploitation of xenarthrans by the Guaraní-Isoseño indigenous people of the Bolivian Chaco: Comparisons with hunting by other indigenous groups in Latin America, and implications for conservation / Andrew J. Noss, Rosa Leny Cuéllar, Erika Cuéllar
Part 5. Living Xenarthra: Ecology and Behavior
24. Anteater behavior and ecology / Flávio H.G. Rodrigues, Ísis M. Medri, Guilherme H.B. de Miranda, Constança Camilo-Alves, Guilherme Mourao
25. Sloth ecology: an overviewof field studies / Adriano García Chiarello
26. Behavioral ecology of armadillos / Colleen M. McDonough. W.J. Loughry
27. Xenarthans of the Paraguayan Chaco / Dennis A. Meritt Jr.
28. Ecology and conservation of three species of armadillos in the Pampas region, Argentina / Agustín M. Abba, Marcelo H. Cassini
29. Biology and ecology of armadillos in the Bolivian Chaco / Erika Cuéllar
30. The natural history of the pichi, Zaedyus pichiy, in western Argentina / Mariella Superina
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