Social Systems and Population Cycles in Voles

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Individual Attributes Generate Contrasting Degrees of Sociality in Voles....Pages 1-9
Kin Recognition and Social Behavior in Microtine Rodents....Pages 11-24
Social Organizational Modes in Models of Microtine Cycling....Pages 25-34
Microtine Social Systems, Adaptation, and the Comparative Method....Pages 35-44
Social Organization and Population Dynamics in a Microtus Agrestis Population....Pages 45-58
The Effect of Aggression on Dispersal and Related Statistics in Microtus Ochrogaster Populations in Eastern Kansas....Pages 59-68
Social Organization and Mating System of the Prairie Vole, Microtus Ochrogaster ....Pages 69-80
Population Constancy of the Rock Vole, Microtus Chrotorrhinus , in Northeastern Minnesota....Pages 81-87
Patterns of Visitation in Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster) Reveal a Role for Males in Population Regulation....Pages 98-99
Predation and its Potential Impact on the Behavior of Microtine Rodents....Pages 101-109
A Test of the Charnov and Finerty Hypothesis of Population Regulation in Meadow Voles....Pages 111-120
Social Organization and Population Control in the Pine Vole, Microtus Pinetorum ....Pages 121-130
A Comparative Study of Phenotypic Changes in Microtus Social Organization....Pages 131-142
Social Structure of the Beach Vole, Microtus Breweri ....Pages 143-153
Social System of the Bank Vole, Clethrionomys Glareolus ....Pages 155-167
Habitat-Dependent Reproductive Success in Bank Voles....Pages 169-179
Spatial and Temporal Organization of Populations of the Bank Vole, Clethrionomys Glareolus ....Pages 181-192
Mating System and Reproductive Success in a Free-Living Population of the Bank Vole, Clethrionomys Glareolus ....Pages 193-202
Phenotypic Flexibility in the Social Organization of Clethrionomys ....Pages 203-212
Effects of Density and Resources on the Social System of Water Voles....Pages 213-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-229