Sociobiology of Caviomorph Rodents: An Integrative Approach [Hardcover]

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 

Acknowledgments ix

Notes on contributors xi

Introduction xv

1 The caviomorph rodents: distribution and ecological diversification 1
Ricardo A. Ojeda, Agustina A. Ojeda and Agustina Novillo

2 Diversity of social behavior in caviomorph rodents 28
Christine R. Maher and Joseph R. Burger

3 Comparative neurobiology and genetics of mammalian social behavior 59
Annaliese Beery, Yasmin Kamal, Raúl Sobrero and Loren D. Hayes

4 Developmental underpinnings of social behavior 91
Valentina Colonnello, Ruth C. Newberry and Jaak Panksepp

5 Dispersal in caviomorph rodents 119
Eileen A. Lacey

6 Mechanisms of social communication in caviomorph rodents 147
Gabriel Francescoli, Selene Nogueira and Cristian Schleich

7 Causes and evolution of group-living 173