Plains Vizcachas

Plains Vizcachas

Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent

Rasia, Luciano Luis; Acuna, Francisco; Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo

Springer International Publishing AG

03/2024

386

Dura

9783031494864

15 a 20 dias

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Part I: Evolutionary History.- Chapter 1: Two hundred years of studies on plains vizcachas.- Chapter 2: Pan-Chinchillidae, a once diverse clade.- Chapter 3: The fossil record of Lagostomus: a 10 million years story.- Chapter 4: Morphological variation in the cranium of Lagostomus maximus along its geographic distribution.- Chapter 5: Genetic variation across Lagostomus maximus' geographical distribution in Argentina.- Chapter 6: The chancy history of a supposedly vanished South American rodent, Lagostomus crassus, with remarks on recent extinctions in caviomorphs.- Chapter 7: Use of the vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) by indigenous societies in the Pampas ecoregion (Argentina).- Chapter 8: From pest to vulnerable species: combining ecological and behavioural knowledge for the conservation and management of Lagostomus maximus.- Chapter 9: Plains vizcacha endoparasites: an exploration of diversity, health and ecology.- Part II: Morphology, Development and Physiology.- Chapter 10: Skull ontogeny and sexual dimorphism.- Chapter 11: Morphophysiological characteristics of the female reproductive system.- Chapter 12: Poly-implantation and embryonic death.- Chapter 13: Placentation and placenta.- Chapter 14: Neuroanatomy and brain histological atlas of the South American plains vizcacha.- Chapter 15: Post-implantation embryo development in the South American plains vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus (Rodentia, Caviomorpha).- Chapter 16: Reproductive neuroendocrinology of the female South American plains vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus.- Chapter 17: Synchronization of the pineal and pituitary morphophysiology by photoperiodic environmental signals.- Chapter 18: Histological changes in the male reproductive system during the annual reproductive cycle.- Chapter 19: Histological and histochemical characteristics of the intestinal tract: Morpho-functional specializations to herbivory.
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rodent fossil record;south america fossil;zooarchaeology;zooarchaeology;polyovulation;cavimorph rodent;rodent evolution