Based on the bicentennial symposium of the Australian Mammal Society held at the University of Sydney, May 1988.

Includes bibliographies and index.

2 v. (xvi, 835 p., [4] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm. #1218

These two volumes are divided into seven sections, each devoted to a major field of research on macropod biology. The sections are evolution, zoogeography and community ecology; diet, feeding and digestion; energy, water and temperature relations; reproductive biology; development, growth and sexual dimorphism; social organization and behavioural ecology; and population ecology and management.

Marsupials — Australia. | Marsupials — Papua New Guinea. | Kangaroos. | Wallabies. | Potoroidae.