In The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, John L. Hoogland draws on sixteen years of research at
Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in the United States to provide this account of …

Antipredator vigilance decreases with group size in many vertebrate prey species. This
pattern might be explained by collective detection (increased probability of observing a …

We collected 6 years of data (1990–1995) on survival, hibernation, body-mass changes, and
morphological parameters for a suburban population of European ground squirrels …

This paper presents the results of analysis of the taxonomic diversity, distribution, and host
associations of the flea species recorded so far as the plague microbe vectors. The …

Since WD Hamilton's seminal work on the evolution of sociality, a large body of research has
accumulated on how kin selection might explain the evolution of cooperation in many group …

Matrilineal kin groups are common in social mammals and often exhibit cooperative
behaviors. Social interactions in such groups may have varying consequences on fitness …

We studied the reproductive success of female Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus
columbianus) in southwestern Alberta for nine years. We defined reproductive success as …

Empirical and theoretical studies have supported kin selection by demonstrating nepotism or
modelling its conditions and consequences. As an alternative, we previously found that …

Philopatry and dispersal result in selection of habitat locations that may differ in resources
and social environment and thus should influence fitness components like survival and …

Данная работа является первой, посвященной анализу и обобщению некоторых
сведений, касающихся особенностей распространения и паразито-хозяинных связей …