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Title

Antelopes, deer, and relatives : fossil record, behavioral ecology, systematics, and conservation / edited by Elisabeth S. Vrba and George B. Schaller.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Vrba, E. S. (Elisabeth S.)
• Schaller, George B.
• Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies.
• Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)

Description

viii, 341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 27 cm

Summary

"From the era of early cave paintings to the present time, ruminants - deer, antelopes, cattle, buffalo, goats, giraffes, and their relatives - have captured the human imagination. Present on every continent except Australia and Antarctica, they have been more important to human subsistence than any other mammalian group. This book is a discussion of the evolution, biology, relationships, and conservation of this fascinating and ecologically significant group of mammals."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Ruminants > Behavior
• Artiodactyla
• Ruminants > Habitat
• Ruminants > History
• Ruminants > Evolution
• Ruminants, Fossil
• Artiodactyla, Fossil

Note

• "Sponsored by the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction / Elisabeth S. Vrba and George B. Schaller -- Pt. I. The Past. 2. The Ruminant Radiation / Alan W. Gentry. 3. The Endemic Ruminants of the Neogene of North America / Christine Janis. 4. Evolutionary History of New World Cervidae / S. David Webb. 5. Caprinae and Hippotragini (Bovidae, Mammalia) in the Upper Miocene / Alan W. Gentry. 6. The Palcodiet of the Giraffidae / Nikos Solounias, W. Scott McGraw and Lee-Ann Hayek / [et al.]. 7. Paleolithic Art as a Resource in Artiodactyl Paleobiology / R. Dale Guthrie. 8. Human Evolution and Large Mammal Extinctions / Richard G. Klein -- Pt. II. The Present. 9. Molecular Evidence for the Phylogenetic Affinities of Ruminantia / John Gatesy and Peter Arctander. 10. Morphoclinal Evolution in Ungulates / Peter Grubb. 11. Dimorphism in Social Artiodactyla: Selection upon Females / Peter J. Jarman. 12. Descent, Adaptation, Adjustment: Lessons from the Cervidae and Other Beats / Valerius Geist.
• 13. The Contemporary Cervidae of Central and South America / John F. Eisenberg. 14. Phylogeny of Bovidae Based on Behavior, Glands, Skulls, and Postcrania / Elisabeth S. Vrba and George B. Schaller. 15. Phylogenetic Relationship Within Recent Antilopini (Bovidae) / Colin P. Groves. 16. Evolution of Conspicuous Coloration in the Bovidae: Female Mimicry of Male Secondary Characters as Catalyst / Richard D. Estes. 17. Adaptation, Niche Partitioning, and Coexistence of African Bovidae: Clues to the Past / A. R. E. Sinclair. 18. The Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Newly Discovered Annamite Artiodactyls / Colin P. Groves and George B. Schaller -- Pt. III. The Bridge to Future Conservation. 19. Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Muntjac: Evidence for Discovery, Rediscovery, and Phylogenetic Relationships / George Amato, Mary G. Egan and George B. Schaller. 20. Genome Evolution in Artiodactyla and Its Relevance to Conservation / Oliver A. Ryder.
• 21. Setting Priorities for Conservation of Protected Areas / A. R. E. Sinclair. 22. Under What System of Wildlife Management Are Ungulates Least Domesticated? / Valerius Geist. 23. The Conservation of Artiodactyla / George B. Schaller.

ISBN

0300081421 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99056150

OCLC

• ocm42736454
• SCSB-3869895

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries