Advances in the Study of Behavior

by Slater, Peter J. B.; Rosenblatt, Jay S.; Beer, Colin; Milinski, Manfred

• ISBN13: 9780120045204
• ISBN10: 0120045206
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-04-01
• Publisher: Academic Pr

Summary

The aim of Advances in the Study of Behavior is to serve scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior, including psychologists, neuroscientists, biologists, ethologists, pharmacologists, endocrinologists, ecologists, and geneticists. Articles in the series present critical reviews of significant research programs with theoretical syntheses, reformulation of persistent problems, and/or highlighting new and exciting research concepts. Volume 34 is purely eclectic and illustrates the breadth of behavior research. Contents include sexual conflict among insects, the evolution of sexual cannibalism, odor processing and activity patterns in honeybees, hormone secretion in vertebrates, bird song organization, food transfer in primates, game theory approaches to mutualism, as well as neural mechanisms of learning and memory and how these change during infant development.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface

Conflict and Co-operation in a Female Dominated Society: A Re-assessment of the "Hyper-aggressive" Image of Spotted Hyenas

Bird Song and Male-male Competition: Causes and Consequences of Vocal Variability in the Collared Dove (Streptopelia Decaocto)

Imitation of Novel Complex Actions: What Does the Evidence from Animals Mean?

Lateralization in Vertebrates: Its Early Evolution, General Pattern and Development

Auditory Scene Analysis in Animal Communication

Electric Signals: Predation, Sex, and Environmental Constraints

How to Vocally Identify Kin in a Crowd: The Penguin Model

Index

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