Exploring Animal Behavior

by Sherman, Paul W.; Alcock, John

• ISBN13: 9780878938162
• ISBN10: 0878938168
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Part I DOING SCIENCE	1	(48)
Scientists, Scholars, Knaves, and Fools	3	(2)
Edward O. Wilson
Integrity in Science	5	(4)
Lewis M. Branscomb
Conduct, Misconduct and the Structure of Science	9	(12)
James Woodward
David Goodstein
The Science of Scientific Writing	21	(10)
George D. Gopen
Judith A. Swan
Infanticide as a Primate Reproductive Strategy	31	(10)
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Primate Social Behavior in a Changing World	41	(8)
Richard Curtin
Phyllis Dolhinow
Part II THE MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR	49	(102)
Why Male Ground Squirrels Disperse	53	(8)
Kay E. Holekamp
Paul W. Sherman
From Society to Genes with the Honey Bee	61	(7)
Gene E. Robinson
Animal Thinking	68	(9)
Donald R. Griffin
What do Animals Think About Numbers?	77	(8)
Marc. D. Hauser
The Nature of Emotions	85	(8)
Robert Plutchik
Mozart's Starling	93	(9)
Meredith J. West
Andrew P. King
Testosterone and Aggression in Birds	102	(7)
John C. Wingfield
Gregory F. Ball
Alfred M. Dufty, Jr.
Robert E. Hegner
Marilyn Ramenofsky
Prenatal Hormone Exposure and Sexual Variation	109	(8)
John G. Vandenbergh
Physiology of Helping in Florida Scrub-Jays	117	(8)
Stephan J. Schoech
Shaping Brain Sexuality	125	(12)
Andrew H. Bass
Aerial Defense Tactics of Flying Insects	137	(14)
Mike May
Part III THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BEHAVIOR	151	(50)
The Evolution of Communal Nest-Weaving in Ants	154	(10)
Bert Holldobler
Edward O. Wilson
Untangling the Evolution of the Web	164	(11)
William A. Shear
Why do Bowerbirds Build Bowers?	175	(6)
Gerald Borgia
Early Canid Domestication: The Farm-Fox Experiment	181	(10)
Lyudmila N. Trut
Protecting Ourselves from Food	191	(10)
Paul W. Sherman
Samuel M. Flaxman
Part IV THE ADAPTIVE VALUE OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR	201	(70)
The Evolution of Sexual Differences in Insects	204	(8)
Randy Thornhill
Darryl T. Gwynne
Animal Genitalia and Female Choice	212	(8)
William G. Eberhard
Prairie-Vole Partnerships	220	(7)
Lowell L. Getz
C. Sue Carter
Mating Behavior and Hermaphroditism in Coral Reef Fishes	227	(9)
Robert R. Warner
Avian Siblicide	236	(12)
Douglas W. Mock
Hugh Drummond
Christopher H. Stinson
The Strategies of Human Mating	248	(12)
David M. Buss
The Evolution of Jealousy	260	(11)
Christine R. Harris
Part V THE ADAPTIVE VALUE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR	271	(48)
Why Ravens Share	274	(8)
Bernd Heinrich
John Marzluff
Making Decisions in the Family: An Evolutionary Perspective	282	(11)
Stephen T. Emlen
Peter H. Wrege
Natalie J. Demong
Naked Mole-Rats	293	(11)
Rodney L. Honeycutt
The Honey Bee Colony as a Superorganism	304	(8)
Thomas D. Seeley
The Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual	312	(7)
Richard Sosis
Index	319