Looking for papers which detail the various modes of social organization in rodent species.
Hi Patrick,
I don't know of any 'short' reviews of the topic as standalone papers with respect to just rodents, but there are number of important books and papers that cover the social organisation of some of the best studied clades in detail, or will cite literature that does so. Not sure how easy they are to come by though in your case (hopefully there is a good library nearby as not sure many of the chapters are accessible on the internet).
- Wolff and Sherman eds 2007 Rodent Societies
- Bennett and Faulkes 2000 African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality
- Clutton-Brock 2016 Mammal societies. (you'll have to leaf through to find the relevant literature on rodents)
Other useful papers:
- Armitage 1999 The evolution of sociality in marmots. J Mammal 80: 1-10
- Randall 1994 Convergences and Divergences in Communication and Social-Organization of Desert Rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology. 42(4) 405 - 433
- Ebensperger & Blumstein. 2006. Sociality in New World hystricognath rodents is linked to predators and burrow digging Behavioral Ecology 17: 410–418.
And then there are other useful monographs and treatments of some well-studied species such as mara, capybara, various voles, and of course the naked mole-rat.
You should also be aware of a recent push towards thinking about intraspecific variation in social organisation (see others referenced/cited in/by these two papers):
- Schradin C, Pillay N (2005) Intraspecific variation in the spatial and social organization of the African striped mouse. J Mammal 86:99–107
- Schradin et al. (2018) The evolution of intraspecific variation in social organization. Ethology 124: 527–536.
Hope this is a useful and that others can perhaps expand on this.
Jack
Hi Patrick,
Be careful with papers on Rattus norvegicus, rattus, and exulans. and Mus musculus. I consider they are "self domesticated" and have lost their population control systems, and possibly other bits of their original behaviour. Google "Flux haruspex" for a paper I wrote on this (it's a fun read anyway).
Good luck with your search.
Hi Patrick,
I don't know of any 'short' reviews of the topic as standalone papers with respect to just rodents, but there are number of important books and papers that cover the social organisation of some of the best studied clades in detail, or will cite literature that does so. Not sure how easy they are to come by though in your case (hopefully there is a good library nearby as not sure many of the chapters are accessible on the internet).
- Wolff and Sherman eds 2007 Rodent Societies
- Bennett and Faulkes 2000 African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality
- Clutton-Brock 2016 Mammal societies. (you'll have to leaf through to find the relevant literature on rodents)
Other useful papers:
- Armitage 1999 The evolution of sociality in marmots. J Mammal 80: 1-10
- Randall 1994 Convergences and Divergences in Communication and Social-Organization of Desert Rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology. 42(4) 405 - 433
- Ebensperger & Blumstein. 2006. Sociality in New World hystricognath rodents is linked to predators and burrow digging Behavioral Ecology 17: 410–418.
And then there are other useful monographs and treatments of some well-studied species such as mara, capybara, various voles, and of course the naked mole-rat.
You should also be aware of a recent push towards thinking about intraspecific variation in social organisation (see others referenced/cited in/by these two papers):
- Schradin C, Pillay N (2005) Intraspecific variation in the spatial and social organization of the African striped mouse. J Mammal 86:99–107
- Schradin et al. (2018) The evolution of intraspecific variation in social organization. Ethology 124: 527–536.
Hope this is a useful and that others can perhaps expand on this.
Jack
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