paul w. shermanis professor of animal behavior and a Weiss Presiden-
tial Fellow at Cornell University.
jerry o. wolffwas professor and chair of the biology department at
the University of Memphis; he is now professor of biology at St. Cloud
State University.
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isbn-10: 0-226-90537-3 (paper)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rodent societies : an ecological & evolutionary perspective / edited by
Jerry O. Wolff and Paul W. Sherman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn-13:978-0-226-90536-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn-10:0-226-90536-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn-13:978-0-226-90537-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
isbn-10:0-226-90537-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Rodents —Ecology. 2. Rodents —Evolution. 3. Social behavior
in animals. 4. Animal societies. I. Wolff, Jerry. II. Sherman,
Paul W., 1949 –
ql737.r6r623 2007
599.35156 — dc
2006021884
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