Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Walkinshaw, Lawrence H.
Kirtland's Warbler: The Natural History of an Endangered Spe-
cies
. Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1983.
Another classic natural history of this species.
Wunderle, Joseph M., Jr., Dave Currie, Eileen H. Helmer, David N. Ewert, Jennifer D.
White, Thomas S. Ruzycki, Bernard Parresol, and Charles Kwit. “Kirtland's Warblers
in Anthropogenically Disturbed Early-Successional Habitats on Eleuthera, the Ba-
hamas.”
Condor
112, no. 1 (2010): 123-37.
Provides an overview of the Kirtland warbler's winter habitat and factors that affect the pro-
duction of the winter habitat and its conservation.
Chapter
5
. There in the Elephant Grass
Dinerstein, Eric. “Effects of
Rhinoceros unicornis
on Riverine Forest Structure in Lowland
Nepal.”
Ecology
73, no. 2 (1992): 701-4.
How forests with rhinos look different from forests without them.
———. “Family Rhinocerotidae (Rhinoceroses).” In
Handbook of the Mammals of the
World
, vol. 2,
Hoofed Mammals
, edited by Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier,
144-81. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2011.
A recent review of the ecology and conservation of the five extant rhinoceros species.
———. “Seed Dispersal by Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros (
Rhinoceros unicornis
) and
the Flora of
Rhinoceros
Latrines.”
Mammalia
55, no. 3 (1991): 355-62.
Rhinoceroses as major fruit eaters and landscape engineers.
Dinerstein, Eric, and Chris M. Wemmer. “Fruits
Rhinoceros
Eat: Dispersal of
Trewia nudi-
flora
(Euphorbiaceae) in lowland Nepal.”
Ecology
69, no. 6 (1988): 1768-74.
An account of megafaunal fruits and megafauna in Asia.
Owen-Smith, R. Norman.
Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Eco-
logy
. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
A classic account of the advantages and disadvantages of body mass in large terrestrial
mammals.
Peters, Robert H.
The Ecological Implications of Body Size
. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1983.
A stimulating topic on a topic central to the ecology of pachyderms.
Chapter
6
. Scent of an Anteater
