Rodent Societies: An Ecological & Evolutionary Perspective

19 Kin Recognition in Rodents: Issues and Evidence

Warren G. Holmes and Jill M. Mateo 216

Social Behavior

20 Parental Care Betty McGuire and William E. Bemis 231

21 The Ecology of Sociality in Rodents Eileen A. Lacey and Paul W. Sherman 243

22 Scent MarkingS. Craig Roberts 255

23 Nonparental Infanticide Luis A. Ebensperger and Daniel T. Blumstein 267

24 Social Organization and Monogamy in the Beaver Peter Busher 280

25 Evolution of Pacifism and Sociality in Blind Mole-Rats Eviatar Nevo 291

Antipredator Behavior

26 Social and Antipredator Systems: Intertwining Links in Multiple Time Frames

Donald H. Owings and Richard G. Coss 305

27 The Evolution of Alarm Communication in Rodents: Structure, Function, and the

Puzzle of Apparently Altruistic CallingDaniel T. Blumstein 317

28 Fear and the Foraging, Breeding, and Sociality of Rodents

Hannu Ylönen and Joel S. Brown 328

Comparative Socioecology

29 Ecology, Kinship, and Ground Squirrel Sociality: Insights from Comparative Analyses

James F. Hare and Jan O. Murie 345

30 Evolution of Sociality in Marmots: It Begins with Hibernation

Kenneth B. Armitage 356

31 Environmental Constraints and the Evolution of Sociality in Semifossorial Desert

RodentsJan A. Randall 368

32 Comparative Social Organization and Life History of Rattusand Mus

Manuel Berdoy and Lee C. Drickamer 380

33 Social Organization and Resource Use in Capybaras and Maras

David W. Macdonald, Emilio A. Herrera, Andrew B. Taber,

and José Roberto Moreira 393

34 Social Structure in Octodontid and Ctenomyid Rodents

Eileen A. Lacey and Luis A. Ebensperger 403

35 Socioecology of Rock-Dwelling Rodents Karen J. Nutt 416

36 African Mole-Rats: Social and Ecological Diversity

Chris G. Faulkes and Nigel C. Bennett 427

37 Alarm Calling, Multiple Mating, and Infanticide among Black-Tailed, Gunnison’s, and

Utah Prairie Dogs John L. Hoogland 438

Conservation and Disease

38 Issues in Rodent ConservationWilliam Z. Lidicker Jr. 453

39 Conservation of Ground Squirrels Beatrice Van Horne 463

40 Conservation of Prairie Dogs John L. Hoogland 472

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