Rodent Societies: An Ecological & Evolutionary Perspective

fossorial rodents, 243 –54, 291–302, 368 –79,
403 –15, 427–37
frequency-dependent transmission, 480 – 81,
483
F-statistics, 163 –72

GABA, 193, 308 – 9
galanin, 191, 266
game theory, 86, 298
GC receptors, 140 – 41
gene dynamics, 163 –71; hierarchical, 166,
168 –71
gene flow, 155 –56, 160
gene function, 57– 67
genera, of rodents, 8 –11, 418
genetic: compatibility, 43, 47– 48, 57– 67; cor-
relation, 115, 164 –71; differentiation, 165,
168 –71; drift, 64 – 67, 324, 458; equilib-
rium, 164, 167; relatedness, 43 – 44, 180 –
81, 216 –28, 245, 299, 349 –54, 360 – 61,
364, 407–10, 438 – 44; revolution, 456;
structure, 163, 166, 168, 169, 457, 471;
variability, 155 –56, 167, 172, 444, 466 – 67
genome sequencing, 381, 392
genomics, functional, 57
geographic isolation, 8 –14, 165, 300 –302, 420
geographic variation: in behavior, 297–302; in
dimorphism, 124 –26; in parental care, 239
gestation, length, 387, 407–10
gestational learning, 197, 210
giving up density (GUD), 331–32, 334, 338 –39
Glires, 15
global warming, 454, 457
glucocorticoids (GCs), 140 – 49, 192 – 94, 198,
200; glucocorticoid cascade hypothesis, 148
gluconeogenesis, 140
gonadal axis, 140 – 41, 144 – 45, 148
gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) , 145
good genes, 44 – 47, 57, 60
gradient of fear, 339 – 41
grooming, 188, 191, 198, 232, 234 –35, 312 –
13
group living, 53 –55, 243 –54, 356 –57, 360 –
66, 396 – 97, 399 – 402, 405 – 412, 422 –26,
431–32, 490; benefits of, 362 – 63, 410 –12,
414; costs of, 247– 49, 364 – 66
growing season length, 346, 349, 354
growth of young, 196 –204, 240

H-2 complex, 59 – 62, 260, 263
habitat: change, 471; complexity, 323 –24,
418 –20, 425 –26, 482; destruction, 454,
457, 467, 473; fragmentation, 156, 457–58,
462, 464 – 67, 470 –71, 482, 485 – 86; ratio
of optimal to marginal, 460; restoration,
475; saturation, 153 –54, 179, 366; selec-
tion, 335 –36, 348 – 49, 393 – 402, 406 –11,
416 –26
habituation-dishabituation technique, 219,
263 – 64
Hamilton’s rule, 217–18, 224, 227, 443
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, 479, 481– 83,
485
haplodiploidy, 432
harsh environments, 349, 358 –59, 368 –72,
424 –25, 432 –35
hawks discriminate scent marks, 265
head thumping, 292

hemorrhagic fever, 481, 485

heterochrony, 312

heterothermy, 468 – 69

heterozygosity, 58, 61, 64 – 67, 166, 169 –71

hibernacula, 348 – 49

hibernation, 142, 200 –201, 204, 349 –52,

358 –364; group hibernation, 349 –52, 363 –

64

hierarchical structured populations, 164, 166

hippocampus, 139 – 40

homeostasis stress response, 141

home range, 28, 53, 68 –72, 76 – 80, 84, 347–

48, 374 –75, 382 – 83, 394 – 96, 402

horizontal transmission, 482

hormones, 107– 8, 113, 139 – 49, 185 – 94, 197,

364, 369

host manipulation, by pathogens, 390 – 91

HPA axis, 139 – 40, 198, 200, 308, 314

huddling, 232, 235, 239, 363

human welfare, 453 –54, 462

hunting, 398

hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA),

139 – 40, 198, 200, 308, 314

hypothalamus, 139 – 40, 188, 190 – 91, 198,

200, 308, 314

Hystricognathi, 16 –18, 403 – 4

IgG antibody, 44, 479

IgM antibody, 44, 479

imitation, learning by, 209, 213 –14

immune response, 44

immunosuppression, 141– 44

imperiled species, 463 – 67, 476

inbreeding, 47, 62 – 64, 169 –71, 222, 225, 435;

avoidance, 62 – 64, 151–52, 179, 246, 435 –

37; coefficient, 163 –72; depression, 58, 62 –

64, 151–52, 160, 459

incarceration, of female, 445

incentive circuit, brain, 187– 88, 194

index of social complexity, 347– 48

indirect selection, 438

individual discrimination, 190 – 91, 263, 266

individual recognition, 222, 225, 263, 352

inexperience, and predation, 333

infanticide, 40, 42, 49, 52 –53, 88, 89, 152,

159, 174, 178, 232 –33, 240, 267–79, 308,

351, 389 – 90, 438 –39, 447–50

informants, reliable, 255 – 60, 320 –21

information: center, 382; exchange, 207, 209;

theory, 347

intention cues, 313

interconnectedness, of populations, 471

interference competition, 89 – 90

interhabitat migration, 456

intragenomic conflict, 44

intragroup transfer, 361

intrauterine position (IUP), 153, 197, 398

intromission, 92 – 93

invasions, 8 –13

invasive plants, 470

inverse density dependence, 180, 458 –59

irruptive species, 456 –57

island endemism, 13, 454, 456, 458, 467

iteroparity, 140 – 44

Junín virus, 482

juvenile development, 100, 104, 186, 195 –206,

220 –24, 232 –33, 242, 412

kairomones, 433

Kenya rift, 429 –31

keystone species, 455, 474 –75

killer T cell, 59

kin: cluster, 53 –55, 180, 349 –50, 353 –54; dis-

crimination, 216, 224 –25, 227, 263, 349 –

53, 407; label, 219, 222, 224 –25; recog-

nition, 61, 152, 157, 216 –28, 349 –53; se-

lection, 160– 61, 226, 322, 347, 349 –54,

436 –37; structure, 245; template, 217, 222

kin recognition: direct, 216 –17, 220 –28; indi-

rect, 217, 226; prior association mechanism

of, 218, 220 –22, 226 –27; production com-

ponent of, 217, 222, 225, 227

kinship, 4, 180 – 81, 216 –28, 245, 349 –54,

360 – 61, 364, 407–10, 438 – 44; effects, on

demography, 180 – 81

kopje, 418

lactation, 232, 448; lactational learning, 210

Laguna Negra virus, 483

landscape variables, 459 – 462, 474 –75

lassa virus, 482 – 83

learning, 198 –204, 207–15, 220 –24; of fear,

330, 332 –33; by imitation, 209, 213 –14;

long delay, 384, 392; and memory, 198, 200;

observational, 200 –203; spatial, 148 – 49,

310

Lee-Boot effect, 106 – 8

leishmaniasis, 485

Leydig cells, 145

life history characteristics, 20 –22, 68 – 85, 99 –

105, 144, 148, 339 – 41, 347– 48, 352, 394,

406, 412 –13

limbic system, 139

limestone canyon virus, 482

litter: size, 20 –22, 77–79, 82 – 83, 234 –35,

242, 389, 398 – 99, 408 –10; weight, 73 – 83

littermate recognition, 219 –24

local enhancement, 207

luteinizing hormone (LH), 107, 113, 145

lyme disease, 481, 483 – 84

lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, 390, 483

Machupo virus, 483

major histocompatability complex (MHC), 47–

48, 57, 59 – 62, 65, 225, 257, 260, 263, 386,

392

major urinary protein (MUP), 61, 225, 257,

262–63

Malagasy rodents, 13

male: -biased dimorphism, 117–19, 126; male-

male competition, 42, 46, 59, 89 – 92, 116,

152, 255, 257– 60, 273 –79, 385 – 87; mate

choice, 40, 59 – 61; mating tactics, 27– 41,

89 – 92; spacing behavior, 68 – 85

male investment. Seepaternal care

mammae, number of, 235, 241

management, 313

mapped characters, 20 –22, 73 – 85

mast, 71, 485

mate: acquisition hypothesis, 273 –74; assess-

ment, 258 – 60; choice, 42 –52, 152, 157,

225, 255, 259 – 60, 263, 266, 386 – 88; com-

petition, local, 134 –36; guarding, 36 –38,

91, 288 – 89, 396, 445 – 47, 449; recognition,

190, 193

material benefits, 46

Subject Index 601