Subterranean Rodents News from Underground - Begall, Sabine; Burda, Hynek; Schleich, Cristian Eric.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground -- Ecophysiology -- Adaptive Physiological Mechanisms in the Underground Dwellers -- Microclimate in Burrows of Subterranean Rodents - Revisited -- New Data on Metabolic Parameters in Subterranean Rodents -- Skimping as an Adaptive Strategy in Social Fossorial Rodents: The Mole Vole (Ellobius talpinus) as an Example -- The Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology of the African Mole-rats: with Special Reference to Southern African Mole-rat Species -- Sensory Ecology -- Sensory Ecology of Subterranean Rodents -- Using Odors Underground -- Acoustics, Audition and Auditory System -- Acoustic Communication in Subterranean Rodents -- Visual Systems and the Role of Vision in Subterranean Rodents: Diversity of Retinal Properties and Visual System Designs -- Magnetic Compass: A Useful Tool Underground -- Adaptive Neural Organization of Naked Mole-Rat Somatosensation (and Those Similarly Challenged) -- Life Histories, Behavioural Ecology, Demography -- From Natural Histories to Life Histories - A Homage to a Comparative Approach -- Giant Mole-rats, Fukomys mechowii, 13 Years on the Stage -- Biology of the Silvery Mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus). Why Study a Neglected Subterranean Rodent Species? -- The Biology and Ecology of Plateau Zokors (Eospalax fontanierii) -- Senescence Patterns in African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) -- Environmental and Economic Aspects -- The Influence of Subterranean Rodents on the Environment -- The Influence of Pocket Gophers on the Biotic and Abiotic Environment -- Subterranean Rodents as Pests: The Case of the Pocket Gopher -- Influence of Plateau Zokors (Eospalax fontanierii) on Alpine Meadows -- Mountain Beaver: A Primitive Fossorial Rodent -- Molecular Ecology and Evolution -- Molecular Ecology and Evolution -- The Multiple Meanings of Inbreeding: The Key to Understanding the Social and Genetic Structure of Subterranean Rodent Populations -- Behavior, Demography, and Immunogenetic Variation: New Insights from Subterranean Rodents -- African Mole-rats (Bathyergidae): A Complex Radiation in Tropical Soils -- Mosaic Evolution of Subterranean Mammals: Tinkering, Regression, Progression, and Global Convergence.
Keywords: Zoology; Animal physiology; Animal ecology; Evolutionary biology; Vertebrates; Zoology; Animal Physiology; Animal Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Vertebrates