Advances in the Study of Behavior (eBook)

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1999 | 1. Auflage
376 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
9780080582894 (ISBN)

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Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 28 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 10
Preface 12
Chapter 1. Sexual Imprinting and Evolutionary Processes in Birds: A Reassessment 14
I. Sexual Imprinting: The Traditional View 15
II. Reassessing the Evidence 18
III. Sexual Imprinting and Evolution: A Reassessment 27
IV. Conclusion 33
V. Summary 34
Appendix 34
References 38
Chapter 2. Techniques for Analyzing Vertebrate Social Structure Using Identified Individuals: Review and Recommendations 46
I. Introduction 46
II. Methods 48
III. Study Populations 49
IV. Interactions, Associations, and Groups 52
V. Measures of Relationship (Including Association Indices) 55
VI. Displays of Measures of Relationship 58
VII. Tests against “Null Models” 63
VIII. Temporal Patterning 65
IX. Discussion and Recommendations 67
X. Conclusions and Summary 71
Appendix A 72
Appendix B 81
References 83
Chapter 3. Socially Induced Infertility, Incest Avoidance, and the Monopoly of Reproduction in Cooperatively Breeding African Mole-Rats, Family Bathyergidae 88
I. Introduction 88
II. Sociality and Mating Patterns within the Family Bathyergidae 91
III. Behavioral and Physiological Correlates of Suppression: “Behavioral Castration,” “Physiological Ovariectomy,” and Incest Avoidance 96
IV. Of Mole-Rats, Mongooses, and Marmosets 109
V. The Food Aridity Hypothesis: Ecological Constraints, the Monopoly of Reproduction, and the Evolution of Sociality in Bathyergid Mole-Rats 112
VI. Conclusions 119
VII. Summary 120
References 121
Chapter 4. Memory in Avian Food Caching and Song Learning: A General Mechanism or Different Processes? 128
I. Introduction 128
II. Food Caching, Memory, and the Avian Hippocampus 132
III. Experience-Dependent Changes in Memory and Hippocampal Function: Ontogenetic and Seasonal Studies in Food-Caching Birds 141
IV. Song Learning: An Overview of Behavioral and Neural Components 150
V. Conclusions: Differences and Similarities in Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms 164
VI. Summary 174
References 175
Chapter 5. Long-Term Memory in Human Infants: Lessons in Psychobiology 188
I. Introduction 188
II. The Infant Learning and Memory Paradigm 190
III. Parallels between Infant and Animal Research 194
IV. Implications of Infant Research for Research with Animals 233
V. Summary 249
References 250
Chapter 6. Olfaction in Birds 260
I. Introduction 260
II. Anatomy of the Olfactory System 261
III. Detection and Discrimination of Odors 268
IV. Feeding Behavior 285
V. Navigation 299
VI. Reproductive Behavior 315
VII. Attachment and Affiliation 319
VIII. Alarm Odors and Aversants 322
IX. Nonspecific Effects of Olfaction 327
X. Conclusions 329
XI. Summary 331
References 333
Chapter 7. Intraspecific Variation in Ungulate Mating Strategies: The Case of the Flexible Fallow Deer 346
I. Introduction 346
II. Mating Strategies and Ecology 347
III. Costs and Benefits of Alternative Mating Strategies 357
IV. The Flexible Fallow Deer Revisited 366
V. Summary 369
References 370
Index 376
Contents of Previous Volumes 386

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.1999
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Timothy J. Roper, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Peter J.B. Slater, Charles T. Snowdon
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-13: 9780080582894 / 9780080582894