{"product_id":"african-mole-rats-nigel-c-bennett-9780521018654","title":"African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality","description":"African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from solitary-dwelling species 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 behavioral and reproductive division of labor. 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, Nigel Bennett and Chris Faulkes provide a synthesis of the current knowledge of bathyergid systematics, ecology, reproductive biology, behavior, and genetics. They explore the role of these factors in the evolution of sociality in the Bathyergidae in the context of both vertebrates and invertebrates. This volume will be an important new resource for anyone interested in the evolution of sociality, specifically in mole-rats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel C. Bennett,Chris G. Faulkes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 052101865X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521018654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d","brand":"Nigel C. Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50663740342527,"sku":"9780521018654","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-mole-rats-nigel-c-bennett-9780521018654","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}