The Biology of Marsupials

Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction: The Marsupials....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 The species of living marsupials: an annotated list....Pages 9-26 Chromosome number — constancy and variation....Pages 27-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Phylogeny of the marsupials....Pages 51-68 Historical biogeography of the marsupials....Pages 69-95 Marsupial biogeography and plate tectonics....Pages 97-115 Evolution of New Guinea’s marsupial fauna in response to a forested environment....Pages 117-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Diseases of marsupials....Pages 141-154 Behaviour and ecology of the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii....Pages 155-168 The success of marsupials as introduced species....Pages 169-178 Breeding and behaviour of Australian bandicoots....Pages 179-191 Learning and problem — solving behaviour in marsupials....Pages 193-208 Corticosteroid levels and male mortality in Antechinus stuartii....Pages 209-220 Imbalance in the sex ratio and age structure of the Red kangaroo, Macropus rufus, in central Australia....Pages 221-233 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 Anatomy of marsupials....Pages 237-272 An ecological comparison of marsupial and placental patterns of reproduction....Pages 273-286 The activity of the jaw and hyoid musculature in the Virginian opossum, Didelphis virginiana....Pages 287-305 The penis of dasyurid marsupials....Pages 307-323 Front Matter....Pages 325-325 Unusual plasma acid phosphatase activity in two species of Tasmanian marsupials....Pages 327-335 Pituitary function in marsupial reproduction....Pages 337-344 Front Matter....Pages 325-325 Adrenocortical functions in marsupials....Pages 345-377 A metabolic study of the Quokka, Setonix brachyurus, in varying regimes of temperature and humidity....Pages 379-391 Some aspects of renal physiology in the Brush-tailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula....Pages 393-410 Reproduction in male marsupials....Pages 411-457 Back Matter....Pages 459-486