Subterranean Rodents : News from Underground /

Across the globe, about 250 species of rodents spend most of their lives in safe and stable, but dark, oxygen-poor and carbon dioxide-rich burrows, deprived of most of the sensory cues available aboveground. They have become fully specialized for a unique way of life in which foraging and breeding t...

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Other Authors: Begall, Sabine (Editor), Burda, Hynek, 1952- (Editor), Schleich, Cristian E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground
  • Ecophysiology
  • Adaptive Physiological Mechanisms in the Underground Dwellers
  • Microclimate in Burrows of Subterranean Rodents — Revisited
  • New Data on Metabolic Parameters in Subterranean Rodents
  • Skimping as an Adaptive Strategy in Social Fossorial Rodents: The Mole Vole (Ellobius talpinus) as an Example
  • The Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology of the African Mole-rats: with Special Reference to Southern African Mole-rat Species
  • Sensory Ecology
  • Sensory Ecology of Subterranean Rodents
  • Using Odors Underground
  • Acoustics, Audition and Auditory System
  • Acoustic Communication in Subterranean Rodents
  • Visual Systems and the Role of Vision in Subterranean Rodents: Diversity of Retinal Properties and Visual System Designs
  • Magnetic Compass: A Useful Tool Underground
  • Adaptive Neural Organization of Naked Mole-Rat Somatosensation (and Those Similarly Challenged)
  • Life Histories, Behavioural Ecology, Demography
  • From Natural Histories to Life Histories — A Homage to a Comparative Approach
  • Giant Mole-rats, Fukomys mechowii, 13 Years on the Stage
  • Biology of the Silvery Mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus). Why Study a Neglected Subterranean Rodent Species?
  • The Biology and Ecology of Plateau Zokors (Eospalax fontanierii)
  • Senescence Patterns in African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia)
  • Environmental and Economic Aspects
  • The Influence of Subterranean Rodents on the Environment
  • The Influence of Pocket Gophers on the Biotic and Abiotic Environment
  • Subterranean Rodents as Pests: The Case of the Pocket Gopher
  • Influence of Plateau Zokors (Eospalax fontanierii) on Alpine Meadows
  • Mountain Beaver: A Primitive Fossorial Rodent
  • Molecular Ecology and Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology and Evolution
  • The Multiple Meanings of Inbreeding: The Key to Understanding the Social and Genetic Structure of Subterranean Rodent Populations
  • Behavior, Demography, and Immunogenetic Variation: New Insights from Subterranean Rodents
  • African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae): A Complex Radiation in Tropical Soils
  • Mosaic Evolution of Subterranean Mammals: Tinkering, Regression, Progression, and Global Convergence.