The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat / / ed. by Paul W. Sherman, Jennifer U.M. Jarvis, Richard D. Alexander.

• MitwirkendeR: Abbott, David H.,; Alexander, Richard D.,; Allard, Marc W.,; Bennett, Nigel C.,; Braude, Stanton H.,; Brett, Robert A.,; Crespi, Bernard J.,; Edwards, Scott V.,; Faulkes, Christopher G.,; George, Lynne M.,; Honeycutt, Rodney L.,; Jarvis, Jennifer U. M.,; Lacey, Eileen A.,; Liddell, Caroline E.,; McDaid, Elizabeth,; Nelson, Kimberlyn,; Noonan, Katharine M.,; Pepper, John W.,; Reeve, Hudson K.,; Riain, M. Justin,; Schlitter, Duane A.,; Sherman, Paul W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Alexander, Richard D.,; Jarvis, Jennifer U.M.,; Sherman, Paul W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 54
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (536 p.)

This volume brings together more than a decade of information collected in the field and lab on the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a northeast African mammal unique for its physical characteristics and eusociality. Nearly blind and virtually hairless, naked mole-rats inhabit large subterranean colonies in which only one female and her one to three mates conceive offspring, while the young from previous litters maintain and defend the group as do workers in colonies of the social insects. In this first major treatise on naked mole-rats an international group of researchers covers such topics as the evolution of eusociality, phylogeny and systematics of the rodent family Bathyergidae, population and behavioral ecology and genetics of naked mole-rats in the field, vocal and nonvocal behaviors, social organization and divisions of labor within colonies, and climatic, social, and physiological factors affecting growth, reproduction, and reproductive suppression. In addition to the editors, the contributors are D. H. Abbott, M. W. Allard, N. C. Bennett, R. A. Brett, S. H. Braude, B. Crespi, S. V. Edwards, C. G. Faulkes, L. M. George, R. L. Honeycutt, E. A. Lacey, C. E. Liddell, E. McDaid, K. Nelson, K. M. Noonan, J. O'Riain, J. W. Pepper, H. K. Reeve, and D. A. Schlitter.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. The Evolution of Eusociality -- 2. Systematics and Evolution of the Family Bathyergidae -- 3. Ecology and Behavior of the Family Bathyergidae -- 4. The Population Structure of Naked Mole-Rat Colonies -- 5. The Ecology of Naked Mole-Rat Colonies: Burrowing, Food, and Limiting Factors -- 6. Which Naked Mole-Rats Volcano? -- 7. Genetic Variation within and among Populations of the Naked Mole-Rat: Evidence from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes -- 8. An Ethogram for the Naked Mole-Rat: Nonvocal Behaviors -- 9. Vocalizations of the Naked Mole-Rat -- 10. Social Organization of Naked Mole-Rat Colonies: Evidence for Divisions of Labor -- 11. Intracolonial Aggression and Nepotism by the Breeding Female Naked Mole-Rat -- 12. Growth and Factors Affecting Body Size in Naked Mole-Rats -- 13. Reproduction of Naked Mole-Rats -- 14. Hormonal and Behavioral Aspects of Reproductive Suppression in Female Naked Mole-Rats -- 15. Some Unanswered Questions about Naked Mole-Rats -- Appendix: Methods for Capturing, Transporting, and Maintaining Naked Mole-Rats in Captivity -- Literature Cited -- Index