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Biology of Marsupials

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Anatomy of marsupials

    1. The activity of the jaw and hyoid musculature in the Virginian opossum, Didelphis virginiana

      • A. W. Crompton, A. J. Thexton, Pamela Parker, Karen Hiiemae
      Pages 287-305
    2. The penis of dasyurid marsupials

      • P. Woolley, S. J. Webb
      Pages 307-323
  2. Cellular, endocrine and metabolic studies of marsupials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325
    2. Pituitary function in marsupial reproduction

      • John P. Hearn
      Pages 337-344
    3. Adrenocortical functions in marsupials

      • I. R. McDonald
      Pages 345-377
    4. Reproduction in male marsupials

      • B. P. Setchell
      Pages 411-457
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 459-486

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, England

    Bernard Stonehouse

  • Department of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Scotland

    Desmond Gilmore

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biology of Marsupials

  • Editors: Bernard Stonehouse, Desmond Gilmore

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02721-7

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 486

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Zoology