| Description |
1 online resource (x, 185 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Australian natural history series
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Australian natural history series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Diversity; 3 Distribution; 4 Origins and evolution; 5 Reproduction; 6 Diet and gastrointestinal tract; 7 Populations and communities; 8 Social organisation and behaviour; 9 Parasites and disease; 10 Conservation; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Australia?s native rodents are the most ecologically diverse family of Australian mammals. There are about 60 living species? all within the subfamily Murinae? representing around 25 per cent of all species of Australian mammals. Native Mice and Rats describes the evolution and ecology of this much-neglected group of animals. It details the diversity of their reproductive biology, their dietary adaptations and social behaviour. The book also includes information on rodent parasites and diseases, and concludes by outlining the changes in distribution of the various species since the arrival o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mice -- Australia.
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Mice. |
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Australia. |
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Rats -- Australia.
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Rats. |
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Rodents -- Australia.
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Rodents. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ford, Fred.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Breed, Bill. Native mice and rats. Melbourne : CSIRO Pub., 2007 9780643091665 0643091661 (OCoLC)191028535 |
| ISBN |
9780643095595 (electronic book) |
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0643095594 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
2797435 |
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