The Natural History of ShrewsCornell University Press, 1990 - 178 páginas 'Churchfield . . . has provided a comprehensive volume that synthesizes a wealth of information about shrew ecology and life history.'--Choice In this book, Sara Churchfield offers an encyclopedic coverage of shrews, describing in great detail their life cycle and breeding biology. Her comprehensive treatment of these ubiquitous animals examines their life history, social organization, communication and orientation, food and foraging, energetics, community structure and habitat, and relationship to humans. |
Índice
The life history of shrews | 24 |
Social organisation | 55 |
Communication and orientation | 72 |
Food and foraging behaviour | 89 |
Energetics of shrews | 111 |
Community structure and habitat preferences | 131 |
Shrews and man | 148 |
References | 167 |
Términos y frases comunes
abundance activity American short-tailed shrew amongst animals Anourosorex aquatic areas behaviour Blarina brevicauda Blarinini body mass body temperature body weight breeding season captive shrews captured cent Churchfield common shrew Sorex competition Crocidura russula Crocidura suaveolens crocidurine shrews Cryptotis David Hosking decrease diet Diplomesodon distribution earthworms echolocation example feeding females Figure flank glands foraging forest grassland ground surface habitats hairs home ranges increase individuals invertebrate prey invertebrates large prey larvae live-trapping males mammals moult musk shrew Nectogale nest numbers occur odour overlap pelage population densities predators prey detection produced pygmy shrews pygmy shrews Sorex rodents scent glands Scutisorex sexual maturity shrew Blarina brevicauda shrew Neomys fodiens shrew Sorex araneus shrew species small mammals Sorex cinereus Sorex palustris Sorex vagrans Soricinae soricine species of shrew studies summer Suncus etruscus Suncus murinus survive Sylvisorex terrestrial territories traps vegetation vibrissae water shrew Neomys wild shrews young common shrews young shrews
Referencias a este libro
Advances in the Biology of Shrews II Joseph F. Merritt,Sara Churchfield,R. Hutterer,Boris I. Sheftel Vista previa restringida - 2005 |
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Volume 1, The Evolution of ... Jorge Agustí,Lorenzo Rook,Peter Andrews Vista previa restringida - 1999 |