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<!table of contents!> Contents Introduction 1 Rodents Societies as Model Systems Jerry O. Wolff and Paul W. Sherman 2 Rodent Evolution, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography Rodney L. Honeycutt, Laurence J. Frabotta, and Diane L. Rowe Sexual Behavior 3 Male Mating Strategies in Rodents Jane Waterman 4 Reproductive Strategies in Female Rodents Nancy G. Solomon and Brian Keane 5 Sexual Selection: Using Social Ecology to Determine Fitness Differences Lara S. Carroll and Wayne K. Potts 6 A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Breeding Systems of Neotomine-Peromyscine Rodents Matina C. Kalcounis-Rüppell and David O. Ribble 7 Alternative Reproductive Tactics and Strategies of Tree Squirrels John L. Koprowski Life Histories and Behavior 8 Fast and Slow Life Histories of Rodents F. Stephen Dobson and Madan K. Oli 9 Acceleration and Delay of Reproduction in Rodents Lee C. Drickamer 10 Sexual Size Dimorphism in Rodents Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde 11 Facultative Sex Ratio Adjustment Robert S. Sikes 12 The Role of the Stress Axis in Life-History Adaptations Rudy Boonstra, J. M Barker, J. Castillo, and Q. E. Fletcher 13 Dispersal and Philopatry Scott Nunes 14 Gene Dynamics and Social Behavior F. Stephen Dobson 15 Social Behavior and Self-Regulation in Murid Rodents Charles J. Krebs, Xavier Lambin and Jerry O. Wolff Behavioral Development 16 Neural Regulation of Social Behavior in Rodents J. Thomas Curtis, Yan Liu, Brandon J. Aragona, and Zuoxin Wang 17 Ontogeny of Adaptive Behaviors Jill M. Mateo 18 Social Learning by Rodents Bennett G. Galef Jr. 19 Kin Recognition in Rodents: Issues and Evidence Warren G. Holmes and Jill M. Mateo Social Behavior 20 Parental Care Betty McGuire and William E. Bemis 21 The Ecology of Sociality in Rodents Eileen A. Lacey and Paul W. Sherman 22 Scent Marking S. Craig Roberts 23 Nonparental Infanticide Luis A. Ebensperger and Daniel T. Blumstein 24 Social Organization and Monogamy in the Beaver Peter Busher 25 Evolution of Pacifism and Sociality in Blind Mole Rats Eviatar Nevo Antipredator Behavior 26 Social and Antipredator Systems: Intertwining Links in Multiple Time Frames Donald H. Owings and Richard G. Coss 27 The Evolution of Alarm Communication in Rodents: Structure, Function, and the Puzzle of Apparently Altruistic Calling Daniel T. Blumstein 28 Fear and the Foraging, Breeding, and Sociality of Rodents Hannu Ylönen and Joel S. Brown Comparative Socioecology 29 Ecology, Kinship, and Ground Squirrel Sociality: Insights from Comparative Analyses James F. Hare and Jan O. Murie 30 Evolution of Sociality in Marmots: It Begins with Hibernation Kenneth B. Armitage 31 Environmental Constraints and the Evolution of Sociality in Semifossorial Desert Rodents Jan A. Randall 32 Comparative Social Organization and Life History of Rattus and Mus Manuel Berdoy and Lee C. Drickamer 33 Social Organization and Resource Use in Capybaras and Maras David W. Macdonald, Emilio A. Herrera, Andrew B. Taber, and José Roberto Moreira 34 Social Structure in Octodontid and Ctenomyid Rodents Eileen A. Lacey and Luis A. Ebensperger 35 Socioecology of Rock-Dwelling Rodents Karen Nutt 36 African Mole-Rats: Social and Ecological Diversity Chris G. Faulkes and Nigel C. Bennett 37 Alarm Calling, Multiple Mating, and Infanticide among Black-Tailed, Gunnison¿s, and Utah Prairie Dogs John L. Hoogland Conservation and Disease 38 Issues in Rodent Conservation William Z. Lidicker Jr. 39 Conservation of Ground Squirrels Beatrice Van Horne 40 Conservation of Prairie Dogs John L. Hoogland 41 Social Behavior, Demography, and Rodent-Borne Pathogens Richard S. Ostfeld and James N. Mills Conclusions 42 Conclusions and Future Directions Paul W. Sherman and Jerry O. Wolff
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Rodents -- Ecology.
Rodents -- Evolution.
Social behavior in animals.
Animal societies.