Atlas of terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands / / edited by Marco Masseti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807025103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-85654-9; 3-11-025458-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MassetiMarco
• Disciplina: 599.0939/1; 599.09391; 599.09495
• Soggetti: Mammals - Greece - Ionian Islands - Geographical distribution; Mammals - Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) - Geographical distribution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-297) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface / Vigne, Jean-Denis -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and methods -- 3 The natural setting -- 4 The island endemics. The mammals of the Upper Pleistocene -- 5 The disappearance of the endemics. Holocene relics of a vanished world -- 6 Atlas of the non-volant mammals of the Ionian and the Aegean islands. The species account. 6.1-6.14 -- 6 Atlas of the non-volant mammals of the Ionian and the Aegean islands. The species account. 6.15-6.29 -- 6 Atlas of the non-volant mammals of the Ionian and the Aegean islands. The species account. 6.30-6.44 -- 7 Species dubiously and/or erroneously recorded from the Ionian and Aegean islands -- 8 Archaeozoological evidence of the diffusion of mammalian species of different and/or exotic origin or durable parts of them -- 9 Biogeographical remarks -- 10 A weighty legacy: concluding remarks -- Appendix A. Native domestic breeds -- Appendix B. Chiroptera reported from the Ionian and Aegean islands -- Appendix C. Cetaceans reported from the Ionian sea and the Aegean Seas -- Appendix D. The monk seal, Monachus monachus Hermann, 1779 -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The goal of this book is to foster better knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Mediterranean islands. The atlas presents the current state of knowledge of the past and present distribution of the non-flying terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands. It provides a distribution map for each species with extensive references and a description of all the mammalian taxa. The book also focuses on the important role of human beings in the redefinition of the insular ecological equilibrium, as well as on the environmental impact of biological invasions. The protection and study of this fauna can provide an opportunity for testing a range of different evolutionary theories.