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Rodents in Desert Environments

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  1. I. Prakash
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  2. P. K. Ghosh
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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 28)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rodents in Desert Environments

  • Editors: I. Prakash, P. K. Ghosh

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1944-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague 1975

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6193-080-8Due: 31 October 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-1946-0Published: 09 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1944-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 624

  • Topics: Ecology

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