- Browse
- » Perspectives on animal behavior
Perspectives on animal behavior
Author
Publisher
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Publication Date
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language
English
Find It Now
Prescott College - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
QL751.G59 1993
1 available
QL751.G59 1993
1 available
More Details
ISBN
9780470045176
9780471536239
9780471536239
Description
Loading Description...
Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print - Third edition.
Chapter 1:
Introduction
Four questions about animal behavior
Animal behavior as an interdisciplinary study
Interplay of questions: case study
Hypothesis testing
Part 1:
Approaches To The Study Of Animal Behavior
Chapter 2:
History of the study of animal behavior
Beginnings
Intellectual continuity in the animal world
Darwin's evolutionary framework
Classical ethology
Approach: evolutionary, comparative, descriptive field-oriented
Classical ethological concepts
Comparative psychology
Approach: physiological, developmental, quantitative, laboratory-oriented
Early concepts of comparative psychology
Roots of physiological psychology
Sociobiology and behavioral ecology
More recent trends
Field studies
Cellular and molecular bases of behavior
Behavioral biology
Applied animal behavior
Chapter 3:
Genetic analysis of behavior
Basics of gene action
Goals of behavioral genetics
Methods of behavioral genetics
Inbreeding
Artificial selection
Inducing mutations and screening for change in behavior
Finding natural variants and looking for genetic differences
Hybridization
Foraging gene as an example of behavioral genetics in action
Candidate genes
Linking a protein to a trait
Locating all the genes associated with a trait
Microarray analysis
Important principles of behavioral genetics
One gene usually affects several traits
Genes work in interacting networks
Behavioral variation and genes
Environmental regulation of gene expression
Dominance relationships in cichlid fish
Song learning in male songbirds
Importance of genetic background to behavioral genetics
Networks of genes are responsive to the environment
Epigenetics and behavioral genetics
Complex relationships among genes
Broader perspective
Chapter 4: Natural selection and behavior
Natural selection
Common misunderstanding about natural selection
Genetic variation
Variation is common
Raw material of genetic variation
Variation and the response to natural selection
Maintenance of variation
Gene flow and genetic drift
Correlated traits
Changing environmental conditions
Frequency-dependent selection
Negative-assortative mating
Evolutionarily stable strategies: fitness and the behavior of others
Testing hypotheses about natural selection and adaptation
Experimental approach
Comparative approach
Monitoring selection in the field
Modeling the costs and benefits of traits
Chapter 5:
Learning and cognition
Definition of learning
Types of learning
Habituation
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Latent learning
Social learning
Species differences in learning: comparative studies
Ability to learn as a heritable trait
Evolution and the variation in learning across species
Other evidence of cognitive abilities in animals
Tool use
Detours
Understanding numbers and other abstract concepts
Self-recognition and perspective taking
Chapter 6:
Physiological analysis-nerve cells and behavior
Concepts from cellular neurobiology
Types of neurons and their jobs
Message of a neuron
Ions, membrane permeability, and behavior
Behavioral change and synaptic transmission
Structure of the synapse
Integration
Specializations for perception of biologically relevant stimuli-sensory processing
Processing of sensory information for sound localization
Predators and prey: the neuroethology of life-and-death struggles
Processing in the central nervous system
Brain changes underlying behavioral change
Social behavior network
Responding-motor systems
Neural control in motor systems
Locust flight
Chapter 7: Physiological analysis of behavior-the endocrine system
Endocrine glands and hormones
Hormonal versus neural communication
Types of hormones and their modes of action
How hormones influence behavior
Effects on sensation and perception
Effects on development and activity of the central nervous system
Effects on muscles
Methods of studying hormone-behavior relationships
Interventional studies
Correlational studies
Organizational and activational effects of hormones
Defining the dichotomy
Sex differences in the behavior of Norway rats
Individual differences in the behavior of male tree lizards
Questioning the dichotomy
Dynamic relationship between hormones and behavior
Reciprocal relationship
Hormonal suppression of behavior
Interactions between hormones, behavior, and environment
Adjusting to the harshness and predictability of the physical environment
Adjusting to onlookers in the social environment
Detailed look at the hormonal basis of selected behaviors
Helping at the nest
Scent-making
Migrating
Chapter 8:
Development of behavior
Influences on behavioral development
Development of the nervous system
Development of nonneural structures
Hormonal milieu
Physical characteristics of the environment
Experience through play
Concept of sensitive periods
Changing terminology-from critical periods to sensitive periods
Timing of sensitive periods
Multiple sensitive periods
Some examples of sensitive periods in behavioral development
Pulling it all together-the development of bird song
Genetic, hormonal, and neural control of song
Role of learning in song development
Sensitive periods in song learning
Own-species bias in song learning
Social factors and song development
Diversity of song learning strategies
Developmental homeostasis
Rehabilitation of chimpanzees after long-term isolation.
Part 2:
Survival
Chapter 9:
Biological clocks
Defining properties of clock-controlled rhythms
Persistence in constant conditions
Entrainment by environmental cycles
Temperature compensation
Rhythmic behavior
Daily rhythms
Lunar day rhythms
Semilunar rhythms
Monthly rhythms
Annual rhythms
Clock versus the hands of the clock
Advantages of clock-controlled behavior
Anticipation of environmental change
Synchronization of a behavior with an event that cannot be sensed directly
Continuous measurement of time
Adaptiveness of biological clocks
Organization of circadian systems
Multiple clocks
Coordination of circadian timing
Human implications of circadian rhythms
Jet lag
Human health
Chapter 10:
Mechanisms of orientation and navigation
Levels of navigational ability
Piloting
Compass orientation
True navigation
Multiplicity of orientation cues
Visual cues
Landmarks
Sun compass
Star compass
Polarized light and orientation
Magnetic cues
Cues from the earth's magnetic field
Directional information from the earth's magnetic field: a magnetic compass
Positional information from the earth's magnetic field: a magnetic map?
Magnetoreception
Chemical cues
Olfaction and salmon homing
Olfaction and pigeon homing
Electrical cues and electrolocation
Chapter 11:
Ecology and evolution of spatial distribution
Remaining at home versus leaving
Costs and benefits of natal philopatry
Costs and benefits of natal dispersal
Sex biases in natal dispersal
Natal dispersal and conservation biology
Habitat selection
Indicators of habitat quality
Search tactics
Effects of natal experience
Habitat selection and conservation biology
Migration
Costs of migration
Benefits of migration
Migration and conservation biology
Chapter 12:
Foraging behavior
Obtaining food
Suspension feeding
Omnivory
Herbivory
Carnivory
Adaptations for detecting prey
Optimal foraging
Diet selection: a simple model
Deciding when to leave a patch: the marginal value theorem
Adding complexity and realism
Utility of models
Chapter 13:
Antipredator behavior
Camouflage
Coloration matching the visual background
Disruptive coloration
Countershading
Transparency
Masquerade
Other functions of color
Polymorphism
Warning coloration
Batesian mimicry
Diverting coloration, structures, and behavior
False heads
Autotomy
Feigning injury or death
Intimidation and fighting back
Enhancement of body size and display of weaponry
Eyespots
Chemical repellents
Pronouncement of vigilance
Group defense
Alarm signals
Improved detection
Dilution effect
Selfish herd
Confusion effect
Mobbing
Maintenance of antipredator behavior
Part 3: Interactions Between Individuals
Chapter 14:
Reproductive behavior
Sexual selection: Historical and theoretical background
Explanations for sex differences in reproductive behavior
Revisiting the ideas of Bateman
Intrasexual selection-competition for mates
Adaptations that help a male secure copulations
Adaptations that favor the use of a male's sperm
Sexual interference: decreasing the reproductive success of rival males
Intersexual selection-mate choice
Criteria by which females choose mates
Origin and maintenance of mate-choice preferences
Cryptic female choice
Parental care
Chapter 15:
Parental care and mating systems
Parental care
Conflicts among family members over parental investment
Some factors that influence the allocation of parental resources
Overall patterns of parental care
Dispensing with parental care-brood parasitism
Mating systems
Classifying mating systems
Monogamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Chapter 16:
Communication: channels and functions
Definition of communication channels for communication
Vision
Audition
Substrate vibrations
Chemical senses
Touch
Electrical fields
Multimodal communication
Functions of communication
Species recognition
Mate attraction
Courtship and mating
Maintaining social bonds
Alarm
Aggregation
Agonistic encounters
Communication about resources: a case study
Chapter 17:
Evolution of communication
Changing views of communication
Sharing information
Manipulating others
Signals and honesty
When are honest signals likely?
When are dishonest signals likely?
Can honest and dishonest signals coexist?
Evolutionary origins of signals
Ritualization
Receiver-bias mechanisms
Selective forces that shape signals
Characteristics of the sender
Characteristics of the environment
Characteristics of the receiver
Language and apes
What is language?
Ape language studies
Communication and animal cognition
Chapter 18:
Conflict
Aggression and conflict
Why do animals fight?
Evolutionary view of conflict
Evolution of fighting behavior
Using game theory to understand the evolution of conflict
Asymmetries in contests
Conflict among group members
How dominance is determined
Benefits of being dominant
Benefits of being subordinate
Conflict over space
Home ranges, core areas, and territories
Ideal free distribution and space use
Economics of holding a territory
Economics of territory size
Strategies for reducing the cost of territorial defense
Proximate view of conflict
Aggression and testosterone
Stress, aggression, and dominance
Chapter 19:
Group living, altruism, and cooperation
Living in groups: from aggregations to structured societies
Benefits of group living
Costs of living in groups
Balancing costs and benefits
Puzzle of altruism
Individual selection and altruism
Kin selection
Reciprocal altruism
Manipulation
Examples of cooperation among animals
Alarm calls
Cooperation in acquiring a mate
Cooperative breeding and helping
Eusociality
Glossary
References
Photo credits
Permissions
Index.
Excerpt
Loading Excerpt...
Author Notes
Loading Author Notes...
Subjects
Subjects
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.