Perspectives on Animal Behavior

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John Wiley & Sons, 2009/09/22 - 544 ページ
The third edition of a successful and effective book for the introductory course in Animal Behavior. The text includes strong supportive reviews, a balanced approach and the latest in research and findings. The author is known for an accessible and easy-to-understand writing style making the most difficult topics understandable.
 

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目次

Introduction
2
The Beginnings
11
Comparative Psychology
17
Basics of Gene Action
28
The Foraging Gene as an Example of Behavioral
38
Behavioral Variation and Genes
45
Epigenetics and Behavioral Genetics
52
xii
57
Chapter 12 Foraging Behavior
253
Optimal Foraging
264
Antipredator Behavior
275
Polymorphism
285
Intimidation and Fighting Back
294
Maintenance of Antipredator Behavior
302
Intrasexual SelectionCompetition for Mates
309
Intersexual SelectionMate Choice
320

The Maintenance of Variation
63
Testing Hypotheses About Natural Selection
70
Learning and Cognition
77
Physiological AnalysisNerve
99
xiv
106
Specializations for Perception of Biologically
107
Chapter 7 Physiological Analysis
127
The Development
151
The Concept of Sensitive Periods
159
Pulling It All TogetherThe Development
171
Developmental Homeostasis
180
Rhythms
186
The Clock Versus the Hands of the Clock
192
Human Implications of Circadian Rhythms
200
Electrical Cues and Electrolocation
229
Habitat Selection
241
Sexual Conflict
330
Mating Systems
345
Channels
355
Multimodal Communication
366
The Evolution
381
The Evolutionary Origins of Signals
387
Language and Apes
396
Conflict
405
Conflict Among Group Members
413
A Proximate View of Conflict
419
Chapter 19 Group Living Altruism
423
Glossary
451
References
461
Photo Credits
513
Index
523

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著者について (2009)

JUDITH GOODENOUGH, from the Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts, has studied biological rhythms in creatures from planaria to finches to deer mice, and even in the green alga Chlamydomonas.

BETTY MCGUIRE is from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Her research focuses on parental behavior, reproduction, and ecology of small mammals, and she occasionally dabbles in work with larger domestic animals such as dogs and horses.

ELIZABETH JAKOB, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, studies the behavior of spiders, asking questions about their learning, perception, and interactions with conspecifics and with other species. She has carried out field projects in California, Mexico, Massachusetts, and Maine.

書誌情報

書籍名Perspectives on Animal Behavior
著者Judith Goodenough, Betty McGuire, Elizabeth Jakob
版3, イラスト付き
出版社John Wiley & Sons, 2009
ISBN0470045175, 9780470045176
ページ数544 ページ
  
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