Behavioural Ecology An Evolutionary Approach

by Krebs, John R.; Davies, Nicholas B.

• ISBN13: 9780865427310
• ISBN10: 0865427313
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-18
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Intended for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses in behavioural ecology where students are already familiar with the basic ideas, this book continues to define the subject. A completely new set of contributions has been brought together once more to take account of the many exciting new developments in the field. Each chapter presents a balanced view of the subject, integrating a clear exposition of the theory with a critical discussion of how predictions have been tested by experiments and comparative studies. In addition, the book points to unreconciled issues and possible future developments. Edited by two of the most highly regarded experts in the field, this new volume contains contributions from an international authorship and continues the tradition of clarity and accessibility established by the three previous editions. The latest edition of a classic in behavioural ecology. Divided into three sections: Mechanisms and Individual Behaviour, From Individual Behaviour to Social Systems, and Life Histories, Phylogenies and Populations. Contributions from the world's leading researchers.

Author Biography

John R. Krebs,FRS, is Principal of Jesus College and Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, and a member of the House of Lords.

Nicholas B. Davies, FRS, is Professor of Behavioural Ecology in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College.

Table of Contents

Contributors	v	(2)
Preface	vii	(1)
Acknowledgements	viii
Part 1: Introduction	3	(12)
1 The Evolution of Behavioural Ecology	3	(12)
John R. Krebs
Nicholas B. Davies
Part 2: Mechanisms and Individual Behaviour	15	(134)
Introduction	15	(4)
2 Sensory Systems and Behaviour	19	(23)
Rudiger Wehner
3 The Ecology of Information Use	42	(27)
Luc-Alain Giraldeau
4 Recognition Systems	69	(28)
Paul W. Sherman
Hudson K. Reeve
David W. Pfennig
5 Managing Time and Energy	97	(24)
Innes C. Cuthill
Alasdair I. Houston
6 Sperm Competition and Mating Systems	121	(28)
Timothy R. Birkhead
Geoffrey A. Parker
Part 3: From Individual Behaviour to Social Systems	149	(158)
Introduction	149	(6)
7 The Evolution of Animal Signals	155	(24)
Rufus A. Johnstone
8 Sexual Selection and Mate Choice	179	(24)
Michael J. Ryan
9 Sociality and Kin Selection in Insects	203	(25)
Andrew F. G. Bourke
10 Predicting Family Dynamics in Social Vertebrates	228	(26)
Stephen T. Emlen
11 The Ecology of Relationships	254	(30)
Anne E. Pusey
Craig Packer
12 The Social Gene	284	(23)
David Haig
Part 4: Life Histories, Phylogenies and Populations	307	(89)
Introduction	307	(4)
13 Adaptation of Life Histories	311	(23)
Serge Daan
Joost M. Tinbergen
14 The Phylogenetic Foundations of Behavioural Ecology	334	(16)
Paul H. Harvey
Sean Nee
15 Causes and Consequences of Population Structure	350	(23)
Godfrey M. Hewitt
Roger K. Butlin
16 Individual Behaviour, Populations and Conservation	373	(23)
John D. Goss-Custard
William J. Sutherland
References	396	(51)
Index	447