Cetacea
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Beschreibung
PreliminaryThis volume provides comprehensive overviews of each European cetacean species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European cetaceans and will appeal to academics, students and professionals in mammal research.
Provides detailed overviews of each European cetacean species
Individual species accounts contain information about each species’ biology
Addresses the management and future challenges for research and conservation of each species
Title is also available as part of a set: Cetacea (978-3-030-44033-6)
Autor*in
Caroline R. Weir
Themen in »Cetacea«
Balaenidae Balaenopteridae Delphinidae Eschrichtiidae Monodontidae Phocoenidae Physeteridae Ziphiidae whales dolphins porpoises Mysticeti Odontoceti