African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality

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African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality Authors: , Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Cambridge University Press
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Pages: 288 Illustrations and other contents: 28 Tables, unspecified; 20 Halftones, unspecified; 48 Line drawings, unspecified Language: English ISBN: 9780521771993 Categories: , , ,

African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from solitary-dwelling species through to two ‘eusocial’ species, the Damaraland Mole-Rat and the Naked Mole-Rat. The Naked Mole-Rat is arguably the closest that a mammal comes to behaving like social insects such as bees and termites, with large colonies and a behavioural and reproductive division of labour. As a family, the Bathyergidae represent a model system with which to study the evolution and maintenance of highly social cooperative breeding strategies. In this book, first published in 2000, Nigel Bennett and Chris Faulkes provide a synthesis of the knowledge of bathyergid systematics, ecology, reproductive biology, behaviour and genetics. With this, they explore the role of these factors in the evolution of sociality in the Bathyergidae in the context of both vertebrates and invertebrates. This will be an important new resource for anyone interested in the evolution of sociality, and in mole-rats in particular.

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' … deserves to be in any research library with an interest in mammals or evolutionary studies. It is right up-to-date, authoritative, and fully referenced.' D. W. Yalden, The Linnean 'African Mole-Rats is a must for research libraries and individuals intrigued with the ecology, evolution, and elaboration of social life.' Paul W. Sherman, New Biological Books 'This is an excellent and fascinating book.' Biologist