Advances in the Study of Behavior Vol. 25 : Parental Care: Evolution, Mechanisms, and Adaptive Significance

by Rosenblatt, Jay S.; Snowdon, Charles T.

• ISBN13: 9780120045259
• ISBN10: 0120045257
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Academic Pr

Summary

Advances in the Study of Behavior presents its first thematic volume, focusing on the physiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying parental care. The book discusses parental care both within and across taxa, with coverage of invertebrates and early vertebrates, fishes, amphibia, reptiles, mammals, birds, and nonhuman primates. A running theme throughout the chapters shows that parental care is anchored to the ecology, reproductive physiology, and embryonic development of a species. Coverage also includes mechanisms of parental care, including analysis of the stimuli that parents respond to and how parental care is initiated, maintained, and terminated. Individual differences within species are also explored, examining stable differences in maternal style, how they arise, and the consequences for both mother and infant.

Table of Contents

Parental Care in Invertebrates

Cause and Effect of Parental Care in Fishes: An Epigenetic Perspective

Parental Care among the Amphibia

An Overview of Parental Care among the Reptilia

Neural and Hormonal Control of Parental Behavior in Birds

Biochemical Basis of Parental Behavior in the Rat

Somatosensation and Maternal Care in Norway Rats

Experiential Factors in Postpartum Regulation of Maternal Care

Maternal Behavior in Rabbits: A Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspective

Parental Behavior in Voles

Physiological, Sensory, and Experiential Factors of Parental Care in Sheep

Socialization, Hormones, and the Regulation of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Simian Primates

Field Studies of Parental Care in Birds: New Data Focus Questions on Variation among Females

Parental Investment in Pinnipeds

IndividualDifferences in Maternal Style: Causes and Consequences for Mothers and Offspring

Mother-Infant Communication in Primates

Infant Care in Cooperatively Breeding Species

Chapter References

Subject Index

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