Perspectives on Animal Behavior, Second Edition
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This book incorporates ecological and environmental principles while introducing readers to the scientific reasoning and methodology of animal behavior. The authors include classical studies but also incorporate current work to give readers an accessible overview of animal behavior.
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Preface
* Introduction
Part One: Approaches to the Study of Animal Behavior
* History of the Study of Animal Behavior
* Genetic Analysis of Behavior
* Natural Selection and Ecological Analysis of Behavior
* Learning
* Physiological Analysis: Nerve Cells and Behavior
* Physiological Analysis of Behavior -
The Endocrine System
* The Development of Behavior
Part Two: Behavior of the Individual Surviving in its Environment
* Biological Clocks
* Orientation in Space
* Mechanisms of Orientation
* Foraging
* Antipredator Behavior
* Sexual Reproduction and Sexual Selection
* Parental Care and Mating Systems
Part Three: Behavior of Groups -
Social Behavior
* Sociality and Dispersion
* Maintaining Group Cohesion: I. Description and Evolution of Communication
* Maintaining Group Cohesion: II. Functions of Communication and Contact
* Altruism
Summary
Appendix Magnetoreception
References
Photo Credits
Author Index
Subject Index
Species Index
* Introduction
Part One: Approaches to the Study of Animal Behavior
* History of the Study of Animal Behavior
* Genetic Analysis of Behavior
* Natural Selection and Ecological Analysis of Behavior
* Learning
* Physiological Analysis: Nerve Cells and Behavior
* Physiological Analysis of Behavior -
The Endocrine System
* The Development of Behavior
Part Two: Behavior of the Individual Surviving in its Environment
* Biological Clocks
* Orientation in Space
* Mechanisms of Orientation
* Foraging
* Antipredator Behavior
* Sexual Reproduction and Sexual Selection
* Parental Care and Mating Systems
Part Three: Behavior of Groups -
Social Behavior
* Sociality and Dispersion
* Maintaining Group Cohesion: I. Description and Evolution of Communication
* Maintaining Group Cohesion: II. Functions of Communication and Contact
* Altruism
Summary
Appendix Magnetoreception
References
Photo Credits
Author Index
Subject Index
Species Index
