Prairie Dogs: Ecology and Social Behavior

A comprehensive overview of the behavioral ecology of a highly social group of North American mammals

Best known for their large colonies, complex burrows, and frequent alarm calls, prairie dogs are diurnal, herbivorous rodents endemic to the grasslands of western North America. Prairie Dogs synthesizes forty-five consecutive years of John Hoogland’s pioneering field research on the ecology and social behavior of these remarkable animals, including many far-reaching discoveries published her...