The black-tailed prairie dog : social life of a burrowing mammal
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The black-tailed prairie dog : social life of a burrowing mammal
（Wildlife behavior and ecology）
University of Chicago Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-519) and index
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:cloth ISBN 9780226351179
Description
John L. Hoogland draws on 16 years of research at Wind Cave Na tional Park, South Dakota, in the United States, to provide this account of prairie dog social behaviour. Through comparisons with more than 300 other animal species, he offers new insights into basic theory in behavioural ecology and sociobiology. Hoogland documents interactions within, and among, families of prairie dogs to examine the advantages and disadvantages of coloniality. By addressing such topics as male and female reproductive success, inbreeding, kin recognition and infanticide, Hoogland offers a broad view of conflict and co-operation. Among his surprising findings is that prairie dog females sometimes suckle, and at other times kill, the offspring of close kin. Enhanced by more than 100 photographs, this book illuminates the social organization of a burrowing mammal and raises fundamental questions about current theory. It should be of interest not only to mammalogists and other vertebrate biologists, but also students of behavioural and evolutionary ecology.
Table of Contents
Preface Ch. 1: Prairie Dogs and Coloniality Ch. 2: Taxonomy and Natural History Ch. 3: Burrows Ch. 4: Study Sites and Methods Ch. 5: Costs and Benefits of Coloniality Ch. 6: The Coterie Ch. 7: Infanticide, the Major Cause of Juvenile Mortality Ch. 8: The Antipredator Call Ch. 9: Communal Nursing Ch. 10: Kin Recognition, Social Learning, and Eusociality Ch. 11: Behavioral Observations of Estrus and Copulations Ch. 12: Annual and Lifetime Reproductive Success Ch. 13: Factors That Affect Annual and Lifetime Reproductive Success Ch. 14: Levels of Inbreeding Ch. 15: Do Mothers Manipulate the Sex Ratio of Their Litters? Ch. 16: Demography and Population Dynamics Ch. 17: Behavioral Ecology of Prairie Dogs Appendix A. Common and Scientific Names of Organisms Mentioned in This Book Appendix B. Descriptions of Infanticides by Marauding Females Bibliography Index
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:pbk ISBN 9780226351186
Description
John L. Hoogland draws on 16 years of research at Wind Cave Na tional Park, South Dakota, in the United States, to provide this account of prairie dog social behaviour. Through comparisons with more than 300 other animal species, he offers new insights into basic theory in behavioural ecology and sociobiology. Hoogland documents interactions within, and among, families of prairie dogs to examine the advantages and disadvantages of coloniality. By addressing such topics as male and female reproductive success, inbreeding, kin recognition and infanticide, Hoogland offers a broad view of conflict and co-operation. Among his surprising findings is that prairie dog females sometimes suckle, and at other times kill, the offspring of close kin. Enhanced by more than 100 photographs, this book illuminates the social organization of a burrowing mammal and raises fundamental questions about current theory. It should be of interest not only to mammalogists and other vertebrate biologists, but also students of behavioural and evolutionary ecology.
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