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... Discusses the principles of the evolution of trophic and reproductive strategies: faunal interchange and the drift of continental land masses; the influence of body size on life-history strategies; the genetic basis of behavioral adaptation and the evolution of social behavior ... appendixes include extensive data on reproductive rate, litter size, interbirth interval, longevity, brain size, and metabolic rate for a wide variety of species.--book jacket.
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1981/1983. Natural History, Mammals. University of Chicago Press. Very good paperback with original owner's name stamped on half-title page 610p. Seller Inventory # -312217117
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THE MAMMALIAN RADIATIONS: An Analysis of Trends in Evolution, Adaption, and Behavior
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The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1983
ISBN 10: 0226195384
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. (1983), 610pp, illus., slight shelfwear to cover, owner's name to inside front cover, light foxing to pgedges, contents clean & unmarked. Seller Inventory # 20-1392
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. 610 Pages Indexed. The inscription on the half-title reads "Best wishes Jim John F. Eisenberg." No other marks. Sometime in the Triassic, more than 250 million B.P. (before the present), the mammalian grade of anatomical structure was reached by the descendents of therapsid reptiles. Terrestrial plants were dominated by conifers and cycads. The land masses were still a connected series of plates. At 190 million years B.P., the Jurassic era commenced with the dinosaurs dominating the land masses. The world continent of Panagea had divided into Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The stage was now set for the evolution of the mammals and the radiation of the birds. The pantotheres became the dominant group of mammals, and in them and the multituberculates, symmetrodonts, and triconodonts we can discern the first adaptive radiation. Inscribed By the Author. Seller Inventory # 22686