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The black-tailed prairie dog : social life of a burrowing mammal
- Title
- The black-tailed prairie dog : social life of a burrowing mammal / John L. Hoogland.
- Author
- Hoogland, John L.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1995], ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QL737.R68 H65 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 557 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Wildlife behavior and ecology
- Uniform Title
- Wildlife behavior and ecology.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-519) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0226351173 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 0226351181 (paper : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 94013900
- OCLC
- ocm30356376
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries