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The black-tailed prairie dog : social life of a burrowing mammal / John L. Hoogland.
LIBRA QL737.R68 H65 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoogland, John L.
- Series:
- Wildlife behavior and ecology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black-tailed prairie dog--Behavior.
- Black-tailed prairie dog.
- Social behavior in animals.
- Black-tailed prairie dog--Reproduction.
- Reproduction.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 557 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1995]
- Summary:
- PrefaceCh. 1: Prairie Dogs and ColonialityCh. 2: Taxonomy and Natural HistoryCh. 3: BurrowsCh. 4: Study Sites and MethodsCh. 5: Costs and Benefits of ColonialityCh. 6: The CoterieCh. 7: Infanticide, the Major Cause of Juvenile MortalityCh. 8: The Antipredator CallCh. 9: Communal NursingCh. 10: Kin Recognition, Social Learning, and EusocialityCh. 11: Behavioral Observations of Estrus and CopulationsCh. 12: Annual and Lifetime Reproductive SuccessCh. 13: Factors That Affect Annual and Lifetime Reproductive SuccessCh. 14: Levels of InbreedingCh. 15: Do Mothers Manipulate the Sex Ratio of Their Litters?Ch. 16: Demography and Population DynamicsCh. 17: Behavioral Ecology of Prairie DogsAppendix A. Common and Scientific Names of Organisms Mentioned in This BookAppendix B. Descriptions of Infanticides by Marauding FemalesBibliographyIndex
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-519) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226351173
- 0226351181
- OCLC:
- 30356376
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