Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionarybiology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.
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"The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a valuable reference for workers in endocrinology, neurology, physiology, ethnology, and ecology." --W. Rohner in BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
Contributors ix(2) Preface xi(2) Introduction xiii The Concept of Stress and Its Revelance for Animal Behavior 1(132) DIETRICH VON HOLST I. Introduction 1(1) II. The Concept of Stress 2(40) III. Social Stress in Mammals 42(64) IV. Summary 106(3) References 109(24) Stress and Immune Response 133(22) VICTOR APANIUS I. Introduction 133(1) II. The Nature of Stress 134(2) III. The Nature of Immunocompetence 136(4) IV. Neurological Linking of Stress and Immunocompetence 140(2) V. Endocrine Linkage of Stress and Immunocompetence 142(3) VI. Why Stress Alters Immunocompetence 145(4) VII. Summary 149(1) References 150(5) Behavioral Variability and Limits to Evolutionary Adaptation under Stress 155(26) P. A. PARSONS I. Introduction 155(3) II. Energy Limits to Adaptation 158(6) III. Variability and the Survival of Variants 164(1) IV. Extending the Limits of Adaptation 165(4) V. From Stress-Resistance Genotypes to a Connected Metabolism 169(5) VI. Summary 174(1) References 174(7) Developmental Instability as a General Measure of Stress 181(34) ANDERS PAPE MOLLER I. Introduction 181(5) II. Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Developmental Instability 186(4) III. Directional Selection and Developmental Instability 190(2) IV. Fitness Correlates of Developmental Instability 192(1) V. Practical Uses of Developmental Instability 193(13) VI. Conclusions and Prospects for Future Studies 206(2) VII. Summary 208(1) References 208(7) Stress and Decision-Making under the Risk of Predation: Recent Developments from Behavioral, Reproductive, and Ecological Perspectives 215(76) STEVEN L. LIMA I. Introduction 215(2) II. Behavior of Feeding Animals: Classical Motivations 217(8) III. Patterns of Activity 225(10) IV. After an Encounter with a Predator 235(4) V. Social Situations 239(2) VI. Reproduction 241(4) VII. Long-Term Consequences of Decision Making 245(3) VIII. Ecological Influences and Implications 248(13) IX. Additional Considerations 261(3) X. Conclusions and Summary 264(1) References 265(26) Parasitic Stress and Self-Medication in Wild Animals 291(28) G. A. LOZANO I. Introduction 291(2) II. Self-Medication 293(1) III. Prophylatic Self-Medication 294(4) IV. Therapeutic Self-Medication 298(5) V. Skepticism 303(1) VI. Behavioral Mechanisms 304(4) VII. Implications 308(2) VIII. Summary and Conclusions 310(1) References 311(8) Stress and Human Behavior: Attractiveness, Womens Sexual Development, Postpartum Depression, and Babys Cry 319(52) RANDY THORNHILL F. BRYANT FURLOW I. Introduction 319(2) II. Human Attraction and Attractiveness 321(11) III. Parent-Daughter Relations and Womans Sexual Behavior 332(9) IV. Postpartum Depression 341(11) V. Infant Crying as a Signal of Phenotypic Quality 352(4) VI. Summary 356(3) References 359(12) Welfare, Stress, and the Evolution of Feelings 371(34) DONALD M. BROOM I. Feelings, Their Role and Their Evolution 371(23) II. Welfare, Stress, and Feelings 394(6) III. Summary 400(1) References 401(4) Biological Conservation and Stress 405(122) HERIBERT HOFER MARION L. EAST I. Introduction 405(2) II. Stress in a Conservation Biology Context 407(13) III. Designing a Conservation Study to Measure Stress and Its Impact 420(8) IV. The Natural History of Stress 428(24) V. Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors 452(21) VI. Conservation Research and Management Activities as Stressors 473(13) VII. The Equivalance of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors 486(2) VIII. Minimizing Occurrence and Impact of Stress in Conservation Research and Management 488(6) IX. Conclusions: How Important Is Stress in Biological Conservation? 494(2) X. Summary 496(1) References 497(30) Index 527(22) Contents of Previous Volumes 549
Dr. Peter Slater is a Kennedy Professor of Natural History at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland. He is a former Editor of the journal Animal Behaviour and past President of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. He received the Association's medal in 1999. His research interests are in vocal communication, with emphasis on the development and organization of song in birds.
