Jill M. Mateo

TL;DR: The first volume published on the subject in more than a decade, "Maternal Effects in Mammals" reflects advances in genomic, ecological, and behavioral research, as well as new understandings of the evolutionary interplay between mothers and their offspring.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that recognition abilities cannot be predicted on the basis of sociality alone and suggested that comparative analyses, by multiple assays of discrimination, might be necessary to understand variation in the function of kin recognition within and across species.

TL;DR: Collectively, these data demonstrate that local environments and perceived predation risk influence not only foraging, vigilance, and antipredator behaviors, but adrenal functioning as well, which may be especially important for obligate hibernators that face competing demands on glucose storage and mobilization.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the extraction protocol provides a fast, reliable assay of stress hormones in free‐living ground squirrels without the confounding influence of short‐term rises in glucocorticoid concentrations caused by handling and restraint stress and that it can facilitate ecological and evolutionary studies of stress in wild species.