Marmot Biology

Author : David P. Barash
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN : 0804715343

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Marmots by David P. Barash Pdf

In this book, based on over twenty years of study around the world, the author summarizes and synthesizes virtually everything that is known of the social behaviour and ecology of marmots. The organizing principle of the author's approach is evolution by natural selection - and thus, the degree to which the social behaviour of free-living animals can be interpreted as representing adaptations to particular environmental conditions. This book is essentially a single, widespread genus (genus Marmota comprising fourteen species found in North America and Eurasia. As such, it represents a productive union of theoretical insights from Darwinism and modern sociobiology, accompanied by a wealth of empirical data. Marmots are notable in that they constitute a relatively homogeneous group, made up of numerous species which greatly resemble each other. However, they occupy widely varying habitats - from temperate, lowland elevations to (more often) alpine meadows - and theory would predict behavioural adaptations to match their habitats.

Author : Kenneth B. Armitage
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107053946

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Marmot Biology by Kenneth B. Armitage Pdf

"Marmot Biology Sociality, Individual Fitness and Population Dynamics"--

Author : David P. Barash
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Marmots
ISBN : WISC:89010831071

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The Social Biology of the Olympic Marmot by David P. Barash Pdf

Author : Luis A. Ebensperger,Loren D. Hayes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118846520

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Sociobiology of Caviomorph Rodents by Luis A. Ebensperger,Loren D. Hayes Pdf

Fully integrative approach to the socibiology of caviomorph rodents Brings together research on social systems with that on epigenetic, neurendocrine and developmental mechanisms of social behavior Describes the social systems of many previously understudied caviomorph species, identifying the fitness costs and benefits of social living in current day populations as well as quantified evolutionary patterns or trends Highlights potential parallels and differences with other animal models

Author : Ellen Weintraub Lance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Montague Island hoary marmot
ISBN : MINN:31951D02996537T

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Montague Island Marmot by Ellen Weintraub Lance Pdf

Author : C. N. Slobodchikoff
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483264998

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The Ecology of Social Behavior by C. N. Slobodchikoff Pdf

The Ecology of Social Behavior explores the relationships between ecology and the origins and maintenance of social behavior. The chapters in this book suggest that a consideration of ecological factors is necessary to any paradigm that tries to explain the origins and maintenance of social behavior. Most also suggest that there are some trade-offs between ecology, genetics, and phylogeny in the development and persistence of specific social systems. The book is organized into five parts. Part I provides an overview of the main themes covered in the present volume. Part II contains papers on ecological interactions, including variation in group sizes of forest primates, group foraging, and the origin of monogamy in mammals and fishes. Part III examines the ecology of social mammals. These include the ecological conditions for philopatry and the relationship of habitat variability to sociality in yellow-bellied marmots. Part IV focuses on the ecology of social birds while Part V deals with the ecology of social arthropods.

Author : George A. Feldhamer,Bruce C. Thompson,Joseph A. Chapman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 1250 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-11-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0801874165

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Wild Mammals of North America by George A. Feldhamer,Bruce C. Thompson,Joseph A. Chapman Pdf

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Author : Víctor Sánchez-Cordero,Rodrigo A. Medellín
Publisher : UNAM
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Mammalogy
ISBN : 9703226035

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Contribuciones mastozoológicas en homenaje a Bernardo Villa by Víctor Sánchez-Cordero,Rodrigo A. Medellín Pdf

Author : Toni Gossmann,Jane Waterman,John Lad Koprowski,Oleg Brandler
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889717156

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Ecological, Behavioral and Genomic Consequences in the Rodent Family Sciuridae: Why Are Squirrels So Diverse? by Toni Gossmann,Jane Waterman,John Lad Koprowski,Oleg Brandler Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 1163 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781490108698

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Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2013 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Additional Research. The editors have built Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Additional Research in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : James Belich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691219165

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The World the Plague Made by James Belich Pdf

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering, but it also brought about a cultural and economic renewal on a scale never before witnessed. The World the Plague Made is a panoramic history of how the bubonic plague revolutionized labour, trade, and technology and set the stage for Europe’s global expansion. James Belich takes readers across centuries and continents to shed new light on one of history’s greatest paradoxes. Why did Europe’s dramatic rise begin in the wake of the Black Death? Belich shows how plague doubled the per capita endowment of everything even as it decimated the population. Many more people had disposable incomes. Demand grew for silks, sugar, spices, furs, gold, and slaves. Europe expanded to satisfy that demand—and plague provided the means. Labour scarcity drove more use of waterpower, wind power, and gunpowder. Technologies like water-powered blast furnaces, heavily gunned galleons, and musketry were fast-tracked by plague. A new “crew culture” of “disposable males” emerged to man the guns and galleons. Setting the rise of Western Europe in global context, Belich demonstrates how the mighty empires of the Middle East and Russia also flourished after the plague, and how European expansion was deeply entangled with the Chinese and other peoples throughout the world.

Author : Edward O. Wilson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780679768111

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The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson Pdf

Eloquent, practical and wise, this book by one of the world’s most important scientists—and two time Pulitzer Prize winner—should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natural world. It "makes one thing clear ... we know what we do, and we have a choice" (The New York Times Book Review). E.O. Wilson assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time and the natural treasures we are about to lose forever. Yet, rather than eschewing doomsday prophesies, he spells out a specific plan to save our world while there is still time. His vision is a hopeful one, as economically sound as it is environmentally necessary.

Author : John L. Hoogland
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226351186

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The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog by John L. Hoogland Pdf

In The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, John L. Hoogland draws on sixteen years of research at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in the United States to provide this account of prairie dog social behavior. Through comparisons with more than 300 other animal species, he offers new insights into basic theory in behavioral ecology and sociobiology. Hoogland documents interactions within and among families of prairie dogs to examine the advantages and disadvantages of coloniality. By addressing such topics as male and female reproductive success, inbreeding, kin recognition, and infanticide, Hoogland offers a broad view of conflict and cooperation. Among his surprising findings is that prairie dog females sometimes suckle, and at other times kill, the offspring of close kin. Enhanced by more than 100 photographs, this book illuminates the social organization of a burrowing mammal and raises fundamental questions about current theory. As the most detailed long-term study of any social rodent, The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog will interest not only mammalogists and other vertebrate biologists, but also students of behavioral and evolutionary ecology.

Author : William V. Mayer,Ormond G. Mitchell,Edward T. Roche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : MINN:31951000126850H

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Natural Mammalian Hibernation by William V. Mayer,Ormond G. Mitchell,Edward T. Roche Pdf

The bibliography consists of over 2,100 references directly impinging upon natural mammalian hibernation, including a few references to birds and potential hibernators. A cross-referenced subject matter index makes it possible to locate with relative ease articles dealing with specific features of hibernation. The material was assembled over a number of years by detailed examination of library holdings, review literature, abstracting journals, The Zoological Record, B.A.S.I.C., and individual journals, and with the cooperation of fellow researchers in the field of natural mammalian hibernation. The assembled references were checked for their applicability for inclusion in this bibliography, alphabetized by author, and numbered for cross reference indexing. The parameters of the initial charge for making this bibliography have eliminated references to poikilothermous animals and most references to hypothermia, and have been the guidelines used to reduce some 7,000 references to the approximately one-third which finally comprise this bibliography.

Author : Jerry O. Wolff,Paul W. Sherman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 1255 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226905389

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Rodent Societies by Jerry O. Wolff,Paul W. Sherman Pdf

Rodent Societies synthesizes and integrates the current state of knowledge about the social behavior of rodents, providing ecological and evolutionary contexts for understanding their societies and highlighting emerging conservation and management strategies to preserve them. It begins with a summary of the evolution, phylogeny, and biogeography of social and nonsocial rodents, providing a historical basis for comparative analyses. Subsequent sections focus on group-living rodents and characterize their reproductive behaviors, life histories and population ecology, genetics, neuroendocrine mechanisms, behavioral development, cognitive processes, communication mechanisms, cooperative and uncooperative behaviors, antipredator strategies, comparative socioecology, diseases, and conservation. Using the highly diverse and well-studied Rodentia as model systems to integrate a variety of research approaches and evolutionary theory into a unifying framework, Rodent Societies will appeal to a wide range of disciplines, both as a compendium of current research and as a stimulus for future collaborative and interdisciplinary investigations.