Rodent Societies: An Ecological & Evolutionary Perspective

signed for geographically distinct subpopulations that oc- cur within a regional landscape, they can be applied to more local le ...

dom mating. This is most likely at broad geographic scales, especially at spatial scales that are greater than maximum dispersal ...

such that FLScannot be greater than u. Since uis an average genetic correlation, we can consider what its maximum value should t ...

a) from generation to generation. The model is iterated for several generations, until genetic equilibrium is reached. The resul ...

where NTis the census size of potentially breeding adults in the population. This equation also requires the assumption that all ...

identification of breeding groups was difficult. Conse- quently, vanStaaden et al. (1994) examined genetic varia- tion among mat ...

version of the breeding-group model revealed that the com- bination of philopatric females and male polygyny resulted in coterie ...

values. FISshould approach zero as the area sampled is ex- panded, resulting in a balance between natal dispersal from breeding ...

I have also pointed out that estimates of effective pop- ulation size that include effects of breeding groups ap- pear higher th ...

M urid rodentshave been a favorite group for studies of both ecological and behavioral ques- tions, and the broad outlines of bo ...

cide, control of dispersal, and direct aggression (interfer- ence competition). Wolff (2003) has reviewed these aspects of the ...

Figure 15.1 Gray-tailed vole and aerial view of the vole enclosure research facility at Oregon State University used for studies ...

you remove breeding adult rodents from an area, a flood of surplus individuals colonize the removal site, and in many cases brin ...

of juveniles, we must ask if both sexes are involved or only one. Redfield et al. (1978) carried out biweekly sex-specific remov ...

usually occurs at a later age); there seem to be only three possible agents of loss: predation in the nest, infanticide, and bad ...

Reproductive suppression The high intrinsic rate of growth of rodent populations is due to a great extent to high fecundity and ...

gested that the fence effect was an artifact of predator ex- clusion, but this conclusion is incorrect, particularly since Boons ...

that any impact of prevailing kinship on present demo- graphic rate ought to generate a positive feedback on pop- ulation growth ...

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Behavioral Development ...