The Equids A Suite of Splendid Species /
The narrative of the progression of the ‘horse family’ through geological time, from dog-sized fruit-eating animals with four toes on their front and three toes on their hind legs, to the valiant long-legged, single-toed modern grazing horses, beloved by racing enthusiasts, is the poster child of ev...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2023.
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| Edisyon: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Seri Bilgileri: | Fascinating Life Sciences,
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| Online Erişim: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27144-1 |
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İçindekiler:
- Chapter 1. Are Equids Evolutionary Dead Ends?
- Chapter 2. Evolutionary Radiation of Equids
- Chapter 3. The Miocene Browsing Horses: Another Way to Be a Successful Large Equid
- Chapter 4. Why There Are No Modern Equids Living in Tropical Lowland Rainforests
- Chapter 5. Evolution of Equid Body Size
- Chapter 6. Forage Consumption and Digestion in the Modern Equids
- Chapter 7. Revisiting the Jarman-Bell Principle
- Chapter 8. Equid Adaptations to Cold Environments
- Chapter 9. Adaptations to Hot Environments
- Chapter 10. Diseases and the Distributions of Wild and Domestic Equids
- Chapter 11. How Equids Cope with Macroparasites
- Chapter 12. Equids and Predators
- Chapter 13. Evolution of the Equid Limb
- Chapter 14. On Humanity and Equids: Ecologies, Trajectories, and Relationships
- Chapter 15. Conclusion – A New Story of the Modern Equids.