Antelopes, deer, and relatives
Subtitle: fossil record, behavioral ecology, systematics, and conservation
By: edited by Elisabeth S. Vrba and George B. Schaller.
Contributors: Schaller, George B.; Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies.; Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Artiodactyla; Artiodactyla, Fossil
Notes: Proceedings of a workshop held in Aarlie, Va., May 18-21, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Elisabeth S. Vrba and George B. Schaller; title: Ruminant radiation -- Alan W. Gentry; title: Endemic ruminants of the neogene of North America -- Christine Janis; title: Evolutionary history of New World Cervidae -- S. David Webb; title: Caprinae and Hippotragini (Bovidae, Mammalia) in the Upper Miocene -- Alan W. Gentry; title: Paleodiet of the Giraffidae -- Nikos Solounias, W. Scott McGraw, Lee-Ann Hayek, and Lars Werdelin; title: Paleolithic art as a resource in Artiodactyl Paleobiology -- R. Dale Guthrie; title: Human evolution and large mammal extinctions -- Richard G. Klein.; title: Molecular evidence for the phylogenetic affinities of Ruminantia -- John Gatesy and Peter Arctander; title: Morphoclinal evolution in ungulates -- Peter Grubb; title: Dimorphism in social Artiodactyla: selection upon females -- Peter J. Jarman; title: Descent, adaptation, adjustment: lessons from the cervidae and other beasts -- Valerius Geist; title: Contemporary Cervidae of Central and South America -- John F. Eisenberg.; title: Phylogeny of Bovidae vased on bahavior, glands, skulls, and postcrania -- Elisabeth S. Vrba and George B. Schaller; title: Phylogenetic relationships within recent Antilopini (Bovidae) -- Colin P. Groves; title: Evolution of conspicuous coloration in the Bovidae: female mimicry of male secondary characters ad catalyst -- Richard D. Estes; title: Adaptation, niche partitioning, and coexistence of African Bovidae: clues to the past -- A.R.E. Sinclair; title: Mitochondrial DNA variation in Muntjac: evidence for discovery, rediscovery, and phylogenetic relationships -- George Amato, Mary G. Egan, George B. Schaller; title: Genome evolution in Artiodactyla and its relevance to conservation -- Oliver A. Ryder; title: Setting priorities for conservation of protected aresa -- A.R.E. Sinclair; title: Under what system of wildlife management are ungulates least domesticated? -- Valerius Geist; title: Conservation of Artiodactyla-- George B. Schaller.