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Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach 8th New edition [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 556 pages, aukštis x plotis: 280x210 mm, 443 illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Jan-2005
  • Leidėjas: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0878930051
  • ISBN-13: 9780878930050
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 556 pages, aukštis x plotis: 280x210 mm, 443 illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Jan-2005
  • Leidėjas: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0878930051
  • ISBN-13: 9780878930050
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
This new edition of Animal Behavior maintains the organizational structure of previous editions, but has been completely rewritten with coverage of much recent work in animal behaviour, resulting in a thoroughly up-to-date text. Notable is the inclusion, for the first time, of discussion questions embedded in the text itself, rather than appended to the end of each chapter. This format is designed to encourage students to reflect on the material they have just digested while also making it easier for instructors to promote a problem-solving approach to the subject. Like previous editions, the book shows how evolutionary biologists analyze all aspects of behaviour. It is distinguished by its balanced treatment of both the underlying mechanisms and evolutionary causes of behaviour, and stresses the utility of evolutionary theory in unifying the different behavioural disciplines.

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JOHN ALCOCK is a Regents' Professor of Zoology at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University under the direction of Ernst Mayr. His research deals with the behavioural ecology of insect mating systems, with projects that have taken him from Arizona to Costa Rica and Australia. He co-authored The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems (1983) with Randy Thornhill and has also written six other books on animal behaviour and natural history for general audiences. One of these, In a Desert Garden, received the Burroughs' Award for natural history writing in 19
An Evolutionary Approach to Animal Behavior
3(24)
Understanding Monogamy
4(8)
Levels of Analysis
8(2)
Proximate and Ultimate Explanations in Biology
10(2)
How to Discover the Causes of Behavior---Scientifically
12(2)
Darwinian Theory and Ultimate Hypotheses
14(13)
Darwinian Theory and the Study of Behavior
16(2)
The Problem with Group Selection
18(2)
Testing Alternative Hypotheses
20(2)
Certainty and Science
22(5)
Understanding the Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Bird Song
27(28)
Different Songs: Proximate Causes
28(12)
Social Experience and Song Development
30(3)
The Development of the Underlying Mechanisms of Singing Behavior
33(4)
How the Avian Song Control System Works
37(3)
Different Songs: Ultimate Causes
40(11)
The Reproductive Benefits of Song Learning
42(2)
The Benefits of Learning a Dialect
44(5)
Female Preferences and Song Learning
49(2)
Proximate and Ultimate Causes Are Complementary
51(4)
The Development of Behavior
55(44)
The Interactive Theory of Development
56(7)
The Nature or Nurture Fallacy
59(1)
Behavioral Development Requires Both Genes and Environment
60(3)
What Causes Individuals to Develop Differently?
63(11)
Environmental Differences and Behavioral Differences
64(3)
Genetic Differences and Behavioral Differences
67(2)
Single-Gene Effects on Development
69(5)
Evolution and Behavioral Development
74(6)
What Do Artificial Selection Experiments Tell Us about Behavioral Evolution?
78(2)
Adaptive Features of Behavioral Development
80(19)
Developmental Homeostasis: Protecting Development against Disruption
81(4)
The Adaptive Value of Developmental Switch Mechanisms
85(3)
The Adaptive Value of Learning
88(11)
The Control of Behavior: Neural Mechanisms
99(44)
How Neurons Control Behavior
101(18)
Sensory Receptors and Survival
105(8)
Relaying and Responding to Sensory Input
113(2)
Central Pattern Generators
115(4)
The Proximate Basis of Stimulus Filtering
119(6)
Stimulus Filtering by Auditory Receptors
119(2)
Cortical Magnification in the Tactile Mode
121(4)
Adaptation and the Proximate Mechanisms of Behavior
125(18)
Adaptive Mechanisms of Human Perception
128(2)
Adaptive Mechanisms of Navigation
130(5)
Adaptive Mechanisms of Migration
135(8)
The Organization of Behavior: Neurons and Hormones
143(32)
How Neural Command Centers Organize Behavior
144(4)
Behavioral Schedules
148(12)
How Do Circadian Mechanisms Work?
150(5)
Long-Term Cycles of Behavior
155(1)
The Physical Environment Influences Long-Term Cycles
156(4)
Changing Priorities in Changing Social Environments
160(15)
Hormones and the Organization of Reproductive Behavior
164(2)
The Role of Testosterone
166(9)
Behavioral Adaptations for Survival
175(34)
Mobbing Behavior and the Evolution of Adaptations
176(11)
The Comparative Method for Testing Adaptationist Hypotheses
182(5)
The Cost--Benefit Approach to Antipredator Behavior
187(7)
The Costs and Benefits of Camouflage
190(4)
Some Darwinian Puzzles
194(15)
Optimality Theory and Antipredator Behavior
201(1)
Game Theory Applied to Social Defenses
202(7)
The Evolution of Feeding Behavior
209(32)
Optimal Foraging Behavior
210(6)
How to Choose an Optimal Mussel
212(1)
Criticisms of Optimal Foraging Theory
213(3)
Game Theory and Feeding Behavior
216(4)
More Darwinian Puzzles in Feeding Behavior
220(8)
Why Do Some Spiders Make Their Webs Conspicuous?
222(3)
Why Do Humans Consume Alcohol, Spices, and Dirt?
225(3)
The Adaptive Value and History of a Complex Behavior
228(13)
The Adaptive Value of Honey Bee Dances
232(2)
An Evolutionary Scenario for Honey Bee Dances
234(7)
Choosing Where to Live
241(34)
Habitat Selection
242(10)
Habitat Preferences of a Territorial Aphid
247(2)
The Costs and Benefits of Dispersal
249(3)
Migration
252(12)
The Costs of Migration
254(4)
The Benefits of Migration
258(2)
Migration as a Conditional Tactic
260(4)
Territoriality
264(11)
Territorial Contests
267(8)
The Evolution of Communication
275(42)
The Origin and Modification of a Signal
276(6)
The Adaptive Value of a Signal
279(2)
An Adaptationist Hypothesis
281(1)
The History of a Signal-Receiving Mechanism
282(6)
The History of Insect Wings
284(4)
Sensory Exploitation of Signal Receivers
288(9)
Sensory Preferences May Precede the Evolution of a Signal
291(6)
Adaptationist Questions about Communication
297(20)
Why Do Baby Birds Beg So Loudly?
299(5)
How to Deal with Illegitimate Receivers
304(3)
Why Settle Disputes with Harmless Threats?
307(5)
How Can Deception Evolve?
312(5)
The Evolution of Reproductive Behavior
317(52)
The Evolution of Differences in Sex Roles
318(11)
Testing the Evolutionary Theory of Sex Differences
324(5)
Sexual Selection and Competition for Mates
329(19)
Alternative Mating Tactics
334(1)
Conditional Mating Strategies
335(3)
Distinct Mating Strategies
338(2)
Sperm Competition
340(5)
Mate Guarding
345(3)
Sexual Selection and Mate Choice
348(12)
Mate Choice without Material Benefits
351(4)
Male Courtship Signals Mate Quality
355(3)
Testing the Healthy Mate, Good Genes, and Runaway Selection Theories
358(2)
Sexual Conflict
360(9)
The Evolution of Mating Systems
369(36)
Is Male Monogamy Adaptive?
370(12)
Male Monogamy in Mammals
373(4)
Male Monogamy in Birds
377(5)
The Puzzle of Polyandry
382(8)
Polyandry and the Acquisition of Good or Compatible Genes
383(5)
Polyandry and Material Benefits
388(2)
The Diversity of Polygynous Mating Systems
390(15)
Female Defense Polygyny
390(2)
Resource Defense Polygyny
392(3)
Scramble Competition Polygyny
395(1)
Lek Polygyny
396(9)
The Evolution of Parental Care
405(32)
The Cost--Benefit Analysis of Parental Care
406(7)
Why More Care by Mothers than Fathers?
406(3)
Exceptions to the Rule
409(2)
Why Do Male Water Bugs Do All the Work?
411(2)
Discriminating Parental Care
413(13)
Why Adopt Genetic Strangers?
417(2)
The History of Interspecific Brood Parasitism
419(3)
Why Accept a Parasite's Egg?
422(4)
The Evolution of Parental Favoritism
426(11)
How to Evaluate the Reproductive Value of Offspring
430(7)
The Evolution of Social Behavior
437(42)
The Costs and Benefits of Social Life
438(4)
The Evolution of Helpful Behavior
442(11)
The Reciprocity Hypothesis
446(4)
Altruism and Indirect Selection
450(2)
Indirect Selection and the Alarm Call of Belding's Ground Squirrel
452(1)
The Concept of Inclusive Fitness
453(12)
Inclusive Fitness and the Pied Kingfisher
454(2)
Inclusive Fitness and Helpers at the Nest
456(4)
Insect Helpers at the Nest
460(5)
The Evolution of Eusocial Behavior
465(14)
Testing the Haplodiploid Hypothesis
469(3)
Eusociality in the Absence of Very Close Relatedness
472(2)
The Ecology of Eusociality
474(5)
The Evolution of Human Behavior
479(38)
The Adaptationist Approach to Human Behavior
480(7)
The Sociobiology Controversy
482(3)
Arbitrary Culture Theory
485(2)
Adaptive Mate Preferences
487(16)
Adaptive Mate Preferences of Women
489(5)
Conditional Mate Preferences of Men and Women
494(2)
Sexual Conflict
496(4)
Coercive Sex
500(3)
Adaptive Parental Care
503(8)
Helping Children Marry
506(5)
Applications of Evolutionary Psychology
511(6)
Glossary 517(5)
Bibliography 522(29)
Illustration Credits 551(2)
Index 553