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Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands

Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands


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EVOLUTION OF ISLAND MAMMALS Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors. Evolution of Island Mammals, Second Edition, provides an updated and expanded overview of the current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal biology, exemplified by a variety of fossil species. Readers familiar with the first edition will find here a host of updated and enhanced material, including: An entirely new chapter on the island rule Updated and expanded theoretical chapters Updated and improved taxonomic information Extensive coverage of new discoveries Body masses or body size indices for most extinct island mammals New figures visualizing the richness of the fossil record This accessible and richly illustrated textbook is written for graduate level students and professional researchers in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, biogeography, zoology, and ecology.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix Part I Beyond the Mainland 1 1 Introduction 3 2 History of Island Studies 9 3 Island Faunas: Types and Origins 18 Types of Islands 19 Dispersals to Islands 21 The Candidate Species 29 Composition of Island Faunas 34 Part II The Islands and Their Faunas 41 4 Cyprus 43 Geology and Palaeogeography 44 Historical Palaeontology 44 Biozones and Faunal Units 47 Pleistocene 48 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 50 5 Crete 56 Geology and Palaeogeography 57 Historical Palaeontology 57 Biozones and Faunal Units 61 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 66 6 Gargano 82 Geology and Palaeogeography 83 Historical Palaeontology 85 Biozones and Faunal Units 88 Evolution and Peculiarities of Endemic Mammals 93 7 Sicily 110 Geology and Geography 111 Historical Palaeontology 111 Biozones and Faunal Units 114 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 120 8 Malta 128 Geology and Palaeogeography 129 Historical Palaeontology 129 Biozones and Faunal Units 133 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 137 9 Sardinia and Corsica 142 Geology and Palaeogeography 143 Historical Palaeontology 144 Biozones and Faunal Units 151 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 160 10 The Balearic Islands 178 Geology and Palaeogeography 179 Historical Palaeontology 180 Biozones and Faunal Units 182 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Lineages 187 11 Madagascar 200 Geology and Palaeogeography 201 Historical Palaeontology 205 Biozones and Faunal Units 210 12 Java 236 Geology and Palaeogeography 237 Historical Palaeontology 238 Biozones and Faunal Units 245 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 258 13 Flores 269 Geology and Palaeogeography 270 Historical Palaeontology 271 Biozones and Faunal Units 275 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 282 14 Sulawesi 297 Geology and Palaeogeography 298 Historical Palaeontology 300 Biozones and Faunal Units 302 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 306 15 The Philippines 312 Geology and Palaeogeography 313 Historical Palaeontology 315 Biozones and Faunal Units 318 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 323 16 Japan: Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu 331 Geology and Palaeogeography 332 Historical Palaeontology 334 Biozones and Faunal Units 337 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 345 17 Japan: The Southern and Central Ryukyu Islands 354 Geology and Palaeogeography 355 Historical Palaeontology 358 Biozones and Faunal Units 360 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 367 18 The Californian Channel Islands 377 Geology and Palaeogeography 378 Historical Palaeontology 379 Biozones and Faunal Units 380 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 381 19 The Greater Antilles 388 Geology and Palaeogeography 389 Historical Palaeontology 392 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 399 20 The Lesser Antilles 425 Geology and Palaeogeography 426 Historical Palaeontology 427 Peculiarities and Evolution of Endemic Mammals 429 Part III Species and Processes 435 21 An Overview of Endemic Species 437 Proboscidea: Mammoths, Elephants, and Stegodons 438 Primates 439 Sloths 440 Lagomorpha: Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas 441 Rodentia: Rats, Dormice, Hamsters, and Caviomorphs 443 Insect-eaters: Shrews, Moonrats, Solenodons, Tenrecs, and Allies 445 Ruminantia: Deer and Bovids 448 Hippopotamidae: Hippos 449 Suidae: Pigs 449 Carnivora: Dogs, Hyenas, Otters, and Martens 449 Carnivora: Felids 451 22 Speciation Processes in Island Environments 455 What Influences Speciation? 456 Types of Speciation on Islands 465 23 The Island Rule: Dwarfism and Gigantism 477 The Island Rule: A Graded Trend 478 The Island Rule in Detail 488 24 Parallel Patterns and Trends 503 Evolutionary Changes in the Teeth 506 Evolutionary Skeletal Changes 512 Evolutionary Brain Changes 515 Evolutionary Changes in Life History 519 25 Extinction of Island Mammals 527 The Island Prison 529 The Burden of Body Mass 529 Extinction Debt 530 Natural Disasters 531 Tectonics and Sea Level 531 Impact of Exotic Competitors 533 Impact of Exotic Predators 534 Genetic Disorders and Infections 536 Habitat Loss 537 Hunting to Extinction 539 Index 547

About the Author :
Alexandra van der Geer is a researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. She publishes on various subjects, including insularity, primatology and the relation between humans and animals. Among her previous books are Animals in Stone and Hoe dieren op eilanden evolueren. George Lyras is a member of the faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment of the University of Athens, Greece. His research focuses primarily on the evolution of carnivores, brain evolution and biogeography of insular mammals. John de Vos is honorary research associate and former curator of the Dubois Collection and the Collection of Pleistocene mammal fossils from the Netherlands and the North Sea at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands. His expertise and field of research include the taxonomic, systematic, geographic and stratigraphic research of the Pleistocene mammals of Southeast Asia in relation to fossil humans and fossil island faunas.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781119675730
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 576
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands
  • Width: 170 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1119675731
  • Publisher Date: 13 May 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 34 mm
  • Weight: 1291 gr


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