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9781926692784

Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach

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  • ISBN13:

    9781926692784

  • ISBN10:

    1926692780

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-04-15
  • Publisher: Apple Academic

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Summary

Animal behavior¿or ethology¿is the systemic study of the behavior of animals. The field is highly integrative and draws on the fields of evolution, ecology, psychology, molecular biology, development, neurobiology, endocrinology, and more. This book looks at a range of topics covering a variety of animals, including how macaques teach their offspring, how rats transmit avoidance behavior, how supplementary feeding of treefrogs affects their breeding behavior, and more. Researchers studied a variety of animals, including macaque, mice, rats, fire ants, treefrogs, magpies, chicks, boobies, honey bees, caterpillars, elephants, and lions. Studies in animal behavior can have far-reaching implications for animals and humans alike, such as how humans can improve conservation efforts, how to better protect animals¿both in the wild and in captivity (zoos), and what can be learned about humans from animals, such as how the human brain and behaviors might work.

Author Biography

Professor Victor S. Lamoureux received his master's degree in teaching biology and his PhD in biology from Binghamton University, the State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA. He is also an Adjuct Professor of Biology at Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York, USA. His research studies involve the ecology and overwintering behavior of the green frog, Rana clamitans.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 7
Free-Ranging Macaque Mothers Exaggerate Tool-Using Behavior when Observed by Offspringp. 9
Mouse Cognition-Related Behavior in the Open-Field: Emergence of Places of Attractionp. 19
Altered Behavior and Digestive Outcomes in Adult Male Rats Primed with Minimal Colon Pain as Neonatesp. 41
Social Transmission of Avoidance Behavior under Situational Change in Learned and Unlearned Ratsp. 66
Molecular Variation at a Candidate Gene Implicated in the Regulation of Fire Ant Social Behaviorp. 82
Ultrasonic Communication in Rats: Can Playback of 50-kHz Calls Induce Approach Behavior?p. 119
Supplementary Feeding Affects the Breeding Behavior of Male European Treefrogs (Hyla arbored)p. 146
Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pied): Evidence of Self-Recognitionp. 162
Precocious Locomotor Behavior Begins in the Egg: Development of Leg Muscle Patterns for Stepping in the Chickp. 181
Perinatal Androgens and Adult Behavior Vary with Nestling Social System in Siblicidal Boobiesp. 202
Transcriptomic Profiling of Central Nervous System Regions in Three Species of Honey Bee during Dance Communication Behaviorp. 218
Plant Volatiles, Rather than Light, Determine the Nocturnal Behavior of a Caterpillarp. 239
Risk and Ethical Concerns of Hunting Male Elephant: Behavioral and Physiological Assays of the Remaining Elephantsp. 250
Home Range Utilisation and Territorial Behavior of Lions (Panthera leo) on Karongwe Game Reserve, South Africap. 271
Introduced Mammalian Predators Induce Behavioral Changes in Parental Care in an Endemic New Zealand Birdp. 287
Indexp. 306
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