African mole-rats : ecology and eusociality
著者
書誌事項
African mole-rats : ecology and eusociality
Cambridge University Press, 2000
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全9件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-266) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from solitary-dwelling species through to two 'eusocial' species, the Damaraland Mole-Rat and the Naked Mole-Rat. The Naked Mole-Rat is arguably the closest that a mammal comes to behaving like social insects such as bees and termites, with large colonies and a behavioural and reproductive division of labour. As a family, the Bathyergidae represent a model system with which to study the evolution and maintenance of highly social cooperative breeding strategies. In this book, first published in 2000, Nigel Bennett and Chris Faulkes provide a synthesis of the knowledge of bathyergid systematics, ecology, reproductive biology, behaviour and genetics. With this, they explore the role of these factors in the evolution of sociality in the Bathyergidae in the context of both vertebrates and invertebrates. This will be an important new resource for anyone interested in the evolution of sociality, and in mole-rats in particular.
目次
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction to the Bathyergidae
- 2. The subterranean niche
- 3. The food resource of African Mole-Rats
- 4. Social organisation in African Mole-Rats
- 5. Life history patterns and reproductive biology
- 6. Social suppression of reproduction in African Mole-Rats
- 7. The genetic structure of Mole-Rat populations
- 8. The evolution of sociality on African Mole-Rats
- References
- Index.
「Nielsen BookData」 より