33 David W. Macdonald, Emilio A. Herrera, Andrew B.
Taber, and José Roberto Moreira: We are grateful to
Ruth Feber for considerable help in the preparation of
this chapter, and to our many colleagues in the WildCRU
who have commented on and encouraged our research.
34 Eileen A. Lacey and Luis A. Ebensperger: We thank the
editors for inviting us to write this chapter. Figures 34.1–
34.4 were compiled by Karen Klitz. During the prepa-
ration of this chapter, LAE was supported by the Centro
de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología and Biodiversidad
(FONDAP 1501-001). The authors’ ongoing studies of
degus, cururos, and tuco-tucos are supported by funding
from the National Science Foundation (DEB-0128857;
EAL), the National Geographic Society (EAL and LAE),
and by FONDECYT grant No. 1020861 (LAE).
35 Karen J. Nutt: I would like to thank the Marshall Com-
mission and Roger Nutt for providing financial support
for me while writing this chapter. Thanks also to Paula
White, Eileen Lacey, and the members of both LARG
and Molecular Ecology at Cambridge University for
their continued moral support. I am also grateful to the
editors for their kindness, patience, and constructive
comments on this chapter. Thanks also to the gundis
for making the study of rock-dwelling rodents a truly
fascinating and worthwhile experience.
36 Chris G. Faulkes and Nigel C. Bennett: We are most
grateful for financial support from the following: Na-
tional Research Foundation (NCB and JUMJ), The Uni-
versity of Pretoria and the Mellon Foundation (NCB),
The University of Cape Town and the National Geo-
graphic Society (JUMJ), and the Natural Environment
Research Council (CGF). Thanks to Jenny Jarvis, Steve
Le Comber, and Pippa Faulkes for proofreading and
many helpful comments, and to the editors for further
suggestions that greatly improved the manuscript.
39 Beatrice Van Horne: NatureServe compiled and format-
ted a ground squirrel custom dataset that was useful in
developing the cross-species summarizations.
Last, Jerry Wolff and Paul Sherman sincerely thank
all of the authors for contributing their professional ex-
pertise to Rodent Societiesand for their diligence, pa-
tience, and good humor in working with us to complete
this anthology. We also thank Janet Sherman for assis-
tance with the index and Christie Henry, Monica Hol-
liday, and Jennifer Howard of the University of Chicago
Press and Susan Dodson of Graphic Composition for
their support, encouragement, and editorial expertise in
bringing this book to fruition.Acknowledgmentsxv