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Rodent Societies

The University of Chicago Press

Contents

Contributors.........................................................................................................................................................ixAcknowledgments......................................................................................................................................................xiiiIntroduction1 Rodent Societies as Model Systems Jerry O. Wolff and Paul W. Sherman..............................................................................................32 Rodent Evolution, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography Rodney L. Honeycutt, Laurence J. Frabotta, and Diane L. Rowe....................................................8Sexual Behavior3 Male Mating Strategies in Rodents Jane Waterman...................................................................................................................274 Reproductive Strategies in Female Rodents Nancy G. Solomon and Brian Keane........................................................................................425 Sexual Selection: Using Social Ecology to Determine Fitness Differences Lara S. Carroll and Wayne K. Potts 576 A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Breeding Systems of Neotomine-Peromyscine Rodents Matina C. Kalcounis-Rppell and David O. Ribble..................................687 Alternative Reproductive Tactics and Strategies of Tree Squirrels John L. Koprowski...............................................................................86Life Histories and Behavior8 Fast and Slow Life Histories of Rodents F. Stephen Dobson and Madan K. Oli........................................................................................999 Acceleration and Delay of Reproduction in Rodents Lee C. Drickamer................................................................................................10610 Sexual Size Dimorphism in Rodents Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde...................................................................................................11511 Facultative Sex Ratio Adjustment Robert S. Sikes.................................................................................................................12912 The Role of the Stress Axis in Life-History Adaptations Rudy Boonstra, J. M. Barker, J. Castillo, and Q. E. Fletcher.............................................13913 Dispersal and Philopatry Scott Nunes.............................................................................................................................15014 Gene Dynamics and Social Behavior F. Stephen Dobson..............................................................................................................16315 Social Behavior and Self-Regulation in Murid Rodents Charles J. Krebs, Xavier Lambin and Jerry O. Wolff..........................................................173Behavioral Development16 Neural Regulation of Social Behavior in Rodents J. Thomas Curtis, Yan Liu, Brandon J. Aragona, and Zuoxin Wang...................................................18517 Ontogeny of Adaptive Behaviors Jill M. Mateo.....................................................................................................................19518 Social Learning by Rodents Bennett G. Galef Jr...................................................................................................................20719 Kin Recognition in Rodents: Issues and Evidence Warren G. Holmes and Jill M. Mateo...............................................................................216Social Behavior20 Parental Care Betty McGuire and William E. Bemis.................................................................................................................23121 The Ecology of Sociality in Rodents Eileen A. Lacey and Paul W. Sherman..........................................................................................24322 Scent Marking S. Craig Roberts....................................................................................................................................25523 Nonparental Infanticide Luis A. Ebensperger and Daniel T. Blumstein..............................................................................................26724 Social Organization and Monogamy in the Beaver Peter Busher......................................................................................................28025 Evolution of Pacifism and Sociality in Blind Mole-Rats Eviatar Nevo..............................................................................................291Antipredator Behavior26 Social and Antipredator Systems: Intertwining Links in Multiple Time Frames Donald H. Owings and Richard G. Coss.................................................30527 The Evolution of Alarm Communication in Rodents: Structure, Function, and the Puzzle of Apparently Altruistic Calling Daniel T. Blumstein........................31728 Fear and the Foraging, Breeding, and Sociality of Rodents Hannu Ylnen and Joel S. Brown.........................................................................328Comparative Socioecology29 Ecology, Kinship, and Ground Squirrel Sociality: Insights from Comparative Analyses James F. Hare and Jan O. Murie...............................................34530 Evolution of Sociality in Marmots: It Begins with Hibernation Kenneth B. Armitage................................................................................35631 Environmental Constraints and the Evolution of Sociality in Semifossorial Desert Rodents Jan A. Randall..........................................................36832 Comparative Social Organization and Life History of Rattus and Mus Manuel Berdoy and Lee C. Drickamer............................................................38033 Social Organization and Resource Use in Capybaras and Maras David W. Macdonald, Emilio A. Herrera, Andrew B. Taber, and Jos Roberto Moreira.....................39334 Social Structure in Octodontid and Ctenomyid Rodents Eileen A. Lacey and Luis A. Ebensperger.....................................................................40335 Socioecology of Rock-Dwelling Rodents Karen J. Nutt..............................................................................................................41636 African Mole-Rats: Social and Ecological Diversity Chris G. Faulkes and Nigel C. Bennett.........................................................................42737 Alarm Calling, Multiple Mating, and Infanticide among Black-Tailed, Gunnison's, and Utah Prairie Dogs John L. Hoogland...........................................438Conservation and Disease38 Issues in Rodent Conservation William Z. Lidicker Jr.............................................................................................................45339 Conservation of Ground Squirrels Beatrice Van Horne..............................................................................................................46340 Conservation of Prairie Dogs John L. Hoogland....................................................................................................................47241 Social Behavior, Demography, and Rodent-Borne Pathogens Richard S. Ostfeld and James N. Mills....................................................................478Conclusions42 Conclusions and Future Directions Paul W. Sherman and Jerry O....