Rodents in Desert Environments

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. The Desert as a Habitat

   • J. L. Gloudsley-Thompson

   Pages 1-13

3. The Ecology of Rodents in the Northern Sudan

   • D. C. D. Happold

   Pages 15-45

4. The Rodents of the Iranian Deserts

   • Xavier Misonne

   Pages 47-58

5. Comparative Ecological Notes on Afghan Rodents

   • Jiří Gaisler

   Pages 59-74

6. The Population Ecology of the Rodents of the Rajasthan Desert, India

   • Ishwar Prakash

   Pages 75-116

7. Outbreaks of Rodents in Semi-Arid and Arid Australia: Causes, Preventions, and Evolutionary Considerations

   • A. E. Newsome, L. K. Corbett

   Pages 117-153

8. Observations of Argentine Desert Rodent Ecology, with Emphasis on Water Relations of Eligmodontia Typus

   • M. A. Mares

   Pages 155-175

9. La diversité des Gerbillidés

   • F. Petter

   Pages 177-183

10. Some Observations on Ecological Adaptations of Desert Rodents and Suggestions for Further Research Work

    • A. De Vos

    Pages 185-188

11. The Behavior Patterns of Desert Rodents

    • J. F. Eisenberg

    Pages 189-224

12. Activity Patterns of a Desert Rodent

    • Norman R. French

    Pages 225-239

13. Patterns of Food, Space and Diversity

    • M. L. Rosenzweig, Barbara Smigel, A. Kraft

    Pages 241-268

14. Desert Coloration in Rodents

    • David L. Harrison

    Pages 269-276

15. The Biology of Some Desert-Dwelling Ground Squirrels

    • A. C. Hawbecker

    Pages 277-303

16. Reproductive Biology of North American Desert Rodents

    • H. Duane Smith, Clive D. Jorgensen

    Pages 305-330

17. Rodent Faunas and Environmental Changes in the Pleistocene of Israel

    • E. Tchernov

    Pages 331-362

18. Prehistoric Rodents of the Middle East

    • Priscilla F. Turnbull

    Pages 363-378

19. Desert Rodents: Physiological Problems of Desert Life

    • Knut Schmidt-Nielsen

    Pages 379-388

20. Ecophysiology of Water and Energy in Desert Marsupials and Rodents

    • W. V. Macfarlane

    Pages 389-396

The Evolution of Desert Adaptations. 190 A Comparison of Behavior Patterns. . 196 A Comparison of Behavior Patterns in: Meriones, Gerbillus and Perognathus . . . . . 210 Spacing and Communication 217 Acknowledgements 221 References . . . . . . . . 221 XI. Activity Patterns ofa Desert Rodent by N. R. FRENCH 225 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 The Microdosimeter and the Index of Activity. 227 Variation in Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Climatological Variables and Animal Activity . 229 Analysis . 232 Discussion 237 Summary 238 References 239 XII. Patterns of Food, Space and Diversity by M. L. ROSENZWEIG, BARBARA SMIGEL & A. KRAFT. 241 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Resource Allocation by Seed Selection 242 Habitat Selection in Space . . . . . 251 The Pattern of Local Species Diversity 260 Acknowledgements 266 References . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 XIII. Desert Coloration in Rodents by D. L. HARRISON. 269 Introduction . . . 269 Desert Coloration . 269 Acknowledgements 275 References . . . . 275 XIV. The Biology of so:me Desert-Dwelling Ground Squ- rels by A. C. HA WBECKER . 277 Introduction . 277 Reproduction. . . . . . 279 Food Habits . . . . . . 288 Population Characteristics 294 Habitat Factors . 297 References . . . . . . . 302 IX xv. Reproductive Biology of North ADlerican Desert Rodents by H. D. SMITH & C. D. JORGENSEN. 305 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Reproductive Biology: Species Summaries. . . 308 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 XVI. Rodent Faunas and EnvironDlental Changes in the Pleistocene of Israel by E. TCHERNOV . . . . . . . 331 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 The Main Biogeographical Changes in the Near-East since the Miocene . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 The Composition of the Rodents Faunas in the Pleistocene of Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 The Main Ecological Changes in the Quarternary of Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Fauna
• ecology
• environment
• species diversity
• temperature
• vegetation

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