TY - BOOK ID - 215159 TI - Subterranean rodents : news from underground AU - Begall, Sabine. AU - Burda, Hynek AU - Schleich, Cristian E. PY - 2007 SN - 1280937416 9786610937417 3540692762 3540692754 3642088767 PB - Berlin ; London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Rodents. KW - Burrowing animals. KW - Rodents KW - Adaptation. KW - Animals KW - Animal burrowing KW - Rodentia KW - Mammals KW - Zoology. KW - Animal physiology. KW - Animal ecology. KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Vertebrates. KW - Animal Physiology. KW - Animal Ecology. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Animal evolution KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Vertebrata KW - Chordata KW - Zoology KW - Ecology KW - Animal physiology KW - Anatomy KW - Natural history KW - Physiology KW - Evolutionary biology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:215159 AB - Across the globe, about 250 species of rodents spend most of their lives in safe and stable, but dark, oxygen-poor and carbon dioxide-rich burrows, deprived of most of the sensory cues available aboveground. They have become fully specialized for a unique way of life in which foraging and breeding take place underground. The systematic research into adaptations of subterranean dwellers is only about two decades old, but it has rapidly intensified within the last few years, bringing insight into many aspects of the biology and evolution at different organization levels. Subterranean Rodents presents achievements from the last years of research on these rodents, divided into five sections: ecophysiology; sensory ecology; life histories, behavioural ecology and demography; environmental and economical impact; molecular ecology and evolution. It is a must for all researchers working in this field and will be of interest to zoologists, physiologists, morphologists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists. ER -