Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction
6. Chapter 1. Rodent Societies as Model Systems 3
7. Chapter 2. Rodent Evolution, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography 8
8. Sexual Behavior
9. Chapter 3. Male Mating Strategies in Rodents 27
10. Chapter 4. Reproductive Strategies in Female Rodents 42
11. Chapter 5. Sexual Selection: Using Social Ecology to Determine Fitness Differences 57
12. Chapter 6. A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Breeding Systems of Neotomine-Peromyscine Rodents 68
13. Chapter 7. Alternative Reproductive Tactics and Strategies of Tree Squirrels 86
14. Life Histories & Behavior
15. Chapter 8. Fast and Slow Life Histories of Rodents 99
16. Chapter 9. Acceleration and Delay of Reproduction in Rodents 106
17. Chapter 10. Sexual Size Dimorphism in Rodents 115
18. Chapter 11. Facultative Sex Ratio Adjustment 129
19. Chapter 12 The Role of the Stress Axis in Life-History Adaptations 139
20. Chapter 13. Dispersal and Philopatry 150
21. Chapter 14. Gene Dynamics and Social Behavior 163
22. Chapter 15. Social Behavior and Self-Regulation in Murid Rodents 173
23. Behavioral Development
24. Chapter 16. Neural Regulation of Social Behavior in Rodents 185
25. Chapter 17. Ontogeny of Adaptive Behaviors 195
26. Chapter 18. Social Learning by Rodents 207
27. Chapter 19. Kin Recognition in Rodents: Issues and Evidence 216
28. Social Behavior
29. Chapter 20. Parental Care 231
30. Chapter 21. The Ecology of Sociality in Rodents 243
31. Chapter 22. Scent Marking 255
32. Chapter 23. Nonparental Infanticide 267
33. Chapter 24. Social Organization and Monogamy in the Beaver 280
34. Chapter 25. Evolution of Pacifism and Sociality in Blind Mole-Rats 291
35. Antipredator Behavior
36. Chapter 26. Social and Antipredator Systems: Intertwining Links in Multiple Time Frames 305
37. Chapter 27. The Evolution of Alarm Communication in Rodents: Structure, Function, and the Puzzle of Apparently Altruistic Calling 317
38. Chapter 28. Fear and the Foraging, Breeding, and Sociality of Rodents 328
39. Comparative Socioecology
40. Chapter 29. Ecology, Kinship, and Ground Squirrel Sociality: Insights from Comparative Analyses 345
41. Chapter 30. Evolution of Sociality in Marmots: It Begins with Hibernation 356
42. Chapter 31. Environmental Constraints and the Evolution of Sociality in Semifossorial Desert Rodents 368
43. Chapter 32. Comparative Social Organization and Life History of Rattus and Mus 380
44. Chapter 33. Social Organization and Resource Use in Capybaras and Maras 393
45. Chapter 34. Social Structure in Octodontid and Ctenomyid Rodents 403
46. Chapter 35. Socioecology of Rock-Dwelling Rodents 416
47. Chapter 36. African Mole-Rats: Social and Ecological Diversity 427
48. Chapter 37. Alarm Calling, Multiple Mating, and Infanticide among Black-Tailed, Gunnison’s, and Utah Prairie Dogs 438
49. Conservation & Disease
50. Chapter 38. Issues in Rodent Conservation 453
51. Chapter 39. Conservation of Ground Squirrels 463
52. Chapter 40. Conservation of Prairie Dogs 472
53. Chapter 41. Social Behavior, Demography, and Rodent-Borne Pathogens 478
54. Conclusions
55. Chapter 42. Conclusions and Future Directions 489
56. References 491
57. Subject Index 599
58. Species Index 605