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Rodent societies : an ecological & evolutionary perspective /

Rodent Societies synthesizes and integrates the current state of knowledge about the social behavior of rodents, providing ecological and evolutionary contexts for understanding their societies and highlighting emerging conservation and management strategies to preserve them. It begins with a summar...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Wolff, Jerry, Sherman, Paul W., 1949-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Rodent Societies synthesizes and integrates the current state of knowledge about the social behavior of rodents, providing ecological and evolutionary contexts for understanding their societies and highlighting emerging conservation and management strategies to preserve them. It begins with a summary of the evolution, phylogeny, and biogeography of social and nonsocial rodents, providing a historical basis for comparative analyses. Subsequent sections focus on group-living rodents and characterize their reproductive behaviors, life histories and population ecology, genetics, neuroendocrine mec.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xv, 610 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-597) and indexes.
ISBN:9780226905389
0226905381
128196686X
9781281966865