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 subterran...

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