Rodent Societies: An Ecological & Evolutionary Perspective

Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction

1 Rodent Societies as Model Systems Jerry O. Wolff and Paul W. Sherman 3

2 Rodent Evolution, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography

Rodney L. Honeycutt, Laurence J. Frabotta, and Diane L. Rowe 8

Sexual Behavior

3 Male Mating Strategies in RodentsJane Waterman 27

4 Reproductive Strategies in Female Rodents

Nancy G. Solomon and Brian Keane 42

5 Sexual Selection: Using Social Ecology to Determine Fitness Differences

Lara S. Carroll and Wayne K. Potts 57

6 A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Breeding Systems of Neotomine-Peromyscine Rodents

Matina C. Kalcounis-Rüppell and David O. Ribble 68

7 Alternative Reproductive Tactics and Strategies of Tree Squirrels

John L. Koprowski 86

Life Histories and Behavior

8 Fast and Slow Life Histories of RodentsF. Stephen Dobson and Madan K. Oli 99

9 Acceleration and Delay of Reproduction in RodentsLee C. Drickamer 106

10 Sexual Size Dimorphism in Rodents Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde 115

11 Facultative Sex Ratio Adjustment Robert S. Sikes 129

12 The Role of the Stress Axis in Life-History Adaptations
Rudy Boonstra, J. M. Barker, J. Castillo, and Q. E. Fletcher 139

13 Dispersal and PhilopatryScott Nunes 150

14 Gene Dynamics and Social Behavior F. Stephen Dobson 163

15 Social Behavior and Self-Regulation in Murid Rodents
Charles J. Krebs, Xavier Lambin and Jerry O. Wolff 173

Behavioral Development

16 Neural Regulation of Social Behavior in Rodents
J. Thomas Curtis, Yan Liu, Brandon J. Aragona, and Zuoxin Wang 185

17 Ontogeny of Adaptive BehaviorsJill M. Mateo 195

18 Social Learning by Rodents Bennett G. Galef Jr. 207

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