The Behavior of Animals Mechanisms, Function And Evolution

by Bolhuis, Johan; Giraldeau, Luc-Alain

• ISBN13: 9780631231257
• ISBN10: 0631231250
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This wide-ranging textbook provides a broad overview of the current state of animal behavior studies. An ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in biology, experimental psychology and neuroscience. Comprises a series of contributions from international experts. Represents a diverse set of approaches to animal behavior. Ranges across the subject all levels, from molecules and neurons to individuals and populations. Draws on the work of the pioneering Dutch ethologist, Niko Tinbergen. Addresses all four of Tinbergen's key questions: causation, development, function, and evolution. Deals with contemporary subjects, such as animal welfare, conservation, neurobiology, and animal cognition.

Author Biography

Johan J. Bolhuis is Professor of Behavioural Biology at Utrecht University.

Luc-Alain Giraldeau is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Québec in Montréal.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Foreword	xiii
Robert A. Hinde
Preface	xvii
The Study of Animal Behavior	1	(10)
Johan J. Bolhuis
Luc-Alain Giraldeau
Part I Mechanisms of Behavior	11	(186)
Stimulus Perception	13	(28)
Jorg-Peter Ewert
Motivation	41	(30)
Jerry A. Hogan
Biological Rhythms and Behavior	71	(26)
Ralph E. Mistlberger
Benjamin Rusak
Brain and Behavior	97	(22)
David F. Sherry
Development of Behavior	119	(27)
Johan J. Bolhuis
Learning and Memory	146	(24)
Kimberly Kirkpatrick
Geoffrey Hall
Animal Cognition	170	(27)
Nathan J. Emery
Nicola S. Clayton
Part II Function and Evolution of Behavior	197	(146)
The Function of Behavior	199	(27)
Luc-Alain Giraldeau
Communication	226	(25)
Peter K. McGregor
Mate Choice, Mating Systems, and Sexual Selection	251	(21)
Anders Pape Meller
Polyandry, Sperm Competition, and Sexual Conflict	272	(22)
Mark A. Elgar
Evolution of Behavior	294	(21)
Michael J. Ryan
Social Systems	315	(28)
Anne E. Pusey
Part III Animal Behavior and Human Society	343	(66)
Applied Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare	345	(22)
David Fraser
Daniel M. Weary
Animal Behavior and Conservation Biology	367	(26)
Tim Caro
John Eadie
Human Behavior as Animal Behavior	393	(16)
Martin Daly
Margo Wilson
References	409	(43)
Glossary	452	(22)
Author Index	474	(14)
Subject Index	488