Subterranean Rodents

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground
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   Chapter 2 Adaptive Physiological Mechanisms in the Underground Dwellers
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   Chapter 3 Microclimate in Burrows of Subterranean Rodents — Revisited
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   Chapter 4 New Data on Metabolic Parameters in Subterranean Rodents
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   Chapter 5 Skimping as an Adaptive Strategy in Social Fossorial Rodents: The Mole Vole ( Ellobius talpinus ) as an Example
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   Chapter 6 The Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology of the African Mole-rats: with Special Reference to Southern African Mole-rat Species
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   Chapter 7 Sensory Ecology of Subterranean Rodents
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   Chapter 8 Using Odors Underground
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    Chapter 9 Acoustics, Audition and Auditory System
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    Chapter 10 Acoustic Communication in Subterranean Rodents
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    Chapter 11 Visual Systems and the Role of Vision in Subterranean Rodents: Diversity of Retinal Properties and Visual System Designs
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    Chapter 12 Magnetic Compass: A Useful Tool Underground
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    Chapter 13 Adaptive Neural Organization of Naked Mole-Rat Somatosensation (and Those Similarly Challenged)
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    Chapter 14 From Natural Histories to Life Histories — A Homage to a Comparative Approach
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    Chapter 15 Giant Mole-rats, Fukomys mechowii , 13 Years on the Stage
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    Chapter 16 Biology of the Silvery Mole-rat ( Heliophobius argenteocinereus ). Why Study a Neglected Subterranean Rodent Species?
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    Chapter 17 The Biology and Ecology of Plateau Zokors ( Eospalax fontanierii )
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    Chapter 18 Senescence Patterns in African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia)
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    Chapter 19 The Influence of Subterranean Rodents on the Environment
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    Chapter 20 The Influence of Pocket Gophers on the Biotic and Abiotic Environment
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    Chapter 21 Subterranean Rodents as Pests: The Case of the Pocket Gopher
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    Chapter 22 Influence of Plateau Zokors (Eospalax fontanierii) on Alpine Meadows
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    Chapter 23 Mountain Beaver: A Primitive Fossorial Rodent
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    Chapter 24 Molecular Ecology and Evolution
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    Chapter 25 The Multiple Meanings of Inbreeding: The Key to Understanding the Social and Genetic Structure of Subterranean Rodent Populations
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    Chapter 26 Behavior, Demography, and Immunogenetic Variation: New Insights from Subterranean Rodents
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    Chapter 27 African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae): A Complex Radiation in Tropical Soils
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    Chapter 28 Mosaic Evolution of Subterranean Mammals: Tinkering, Regression, Progression, and Global Convergence