The Natural History of Shrews

The Natural History of Shrews
Author: Sara Churchfield
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1990
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780801425950

'Churchfield . . . has provided a comprehensive volume that synthesizes a wealth of information about shrew ecology and life history.'--Choice In this book, Sara Churchfield offers an encyclopedic coverage of shrews, describing in great detail their life cycle and breeding biology. Her comprehensive treatment of these ubiquitous animals examines their life history, social organization, communication and orientation, food and foraging, energetics, community structure and habitat, and relationship to humans.

Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation

Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation
Author: Jeremy B. Searle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 110701137X

Presents new insights into speciation through an in-depth analysis of extraordinary chromosomal variation in one species written by leading experts.

The Natural History of Canadian Mammals

The Natural History of Canadian Mammals
Author: Donna Naughton
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 985
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1442644834

"The selection of species to include in this book was based on two principles: 1. Those that in recent times had a viable, naturally occurring wild population in Canada, its continental islands, or in the marine waters of its continental shelf ... [and] 2. Species introduced into Canada by humans"--P. xiv.