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