Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Marsupial and Monotreme Evolution and Biogeography
(Vera Weisbecker and Robin Beck, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia, and others)
Chapter 2
Marsupials and Monotremes in the Genomics Era
(Belinda Wright, Mette Lillie and Katherine Belov, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 3
Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Adaptations
(Natalie M. Warburton and Rebekah Dawson, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia, and others)
Chapter 4
Thermoregulation in Marsupials and Monotremes
(John B. Gaughan, Lindsay A. Hogan and Andrea Wallage, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 5
Enigmas in Reproductive Biology
(Stephen Johnston and Tamara Keeley, Wildlife Science Unit, School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 6
Nutrition and Feeding Strategies
(Athol V. Klieve, Patricia O’Hara and Peter J. Murray, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 7
Communication and Social Behaviour
(Lindsay A. Hogan and Gemma E. Morrow, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 8
Health and Disease
(Tamsin S. Barnes, Chiara Palmieri, David Blyde, William Ellis, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Australia, and others)
Chapter 9
Conservation of Marsupials and Monotremes
(Peter J. Murray and Neal A. Finch, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 10
Utilisation and Exploitation
(Neal Finch and Justine Gibson, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia, and others)
Chapter 11
Are Monotremes Primitive and Marsupials Inferior?
(Vera Weisbecker, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia)
Index
