Taxonomy of Australian Mammals (English, Stephen Jackson | Colin Groves)

Product description Review "this is a must-have book for systematists interested in the biodiversity of vertebrates of the southern hemisphere." David A. Morrison, Systematic Biology, Vol 65(2), 2016, pp. 346-348 "The strength and bulk of this volume lies in its research. The research involved is extreme with the detail required imposing. The two main sections, taxonomies and references, required a flawless level of accuracy and consistency in finding their primary sources and collating them in this comprehensive secondary source. It is a first stopping-point on the way to finding the primary sources and as such it is invaluable... I recommend this volume to all those working with aspects of mammalian taxonomy and to university librarians, museums and wildlife management institutions." Graham R. Fulton, Pacific Conservation Biology, pp 82-83 "It has been nearly 30 years since the last major treatment of the taxonomy of Australian mammals, and much has changed since... Jackson and Groves capture much of this advance, and provide an authoritative and extremely detailed account of the Australian mammal fauna." John Woinarski, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol 91, June 2016, pp 216-217 About the Author Stephen Jackson is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. He has studied different aspects of Australian mammals over the last 20 years from which he has published numerous refereed papers and book chapters. This is his sixth book.Colin Groves is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University. He works primarily on mammalian taxonomy and phylogeny, mainly on ungulates, primates and carnivores, and has also published occasional papers on monotremes, marsupials and rodents.