Exploring animal behavior : readings from American scientist / edited by Paul W. Sherman, John Alcock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sherman, Paul W., 1949-

Alcock, John, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Physical Description:

316 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Sunderland, MA : Sinauer Associates, 2001.

Contents:

Part I Doing Science 1

Scientists, Scholars, Knaves, and Fools / Edward O. Wilson 3

Integrity in Science / Lewis M. Branscomb 5

Conduct, Misconduct and the Structure of Science / James Woodward, David Goodstein 9

The Science of Scientific Writing / George D. Gopen, Judith A. Swan 21

Infanticide as a Primate Reproductive Strategy / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy 31

Primate Social Behavior in a Changing World / Richard Curtin, Phyllis Dolhinow 41

Part II The Mechanisms of Behavior 49

Why Male Ground Squirrels Disperse / Kay E. Holekamp, Paul W. Sherman 52

From Society to Genes with the Honey Bee / Gene E. Robinson 60

Animal Thinking / Donald R. Griffin 67

What do Animals Think About Numbers? / Marc. D. Hauser 76

Mozart's Starling / Meredith J. West, Andrew P. King 85

Testosterone and Aggression in Birds / John C. Wingfield, Gregory F. Ball, Alfred M. Dufty, Jr., Robert E. Hegner, Marilyn Ramenofsky 94

Physiology of Helping in Florida Scrub-Jays / Stephan J. Schoech 101

Shaping Brain Sexuality / Andrew H. Bass 109

Aerial Defense Tactics of Flying Insects / Mike May 121

Part III The Evolutionary History of Behavior 135

The Evolution of Communal Nest-Weaving in Ants / Bert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson 138

Stingless-Bee Communication / James C. Nieh 148

Why do Bowerbirds Build Bowers? / Gerald Borgia 156

Early Canid Domestication: The Farm-Fox Experiment / Lyudmila N. Trut 162

Protecting Ourselves from Food / Paul W. Sherman, Samuel M. Flaxman 172

Part IV The Adaptive Value of Reproductive Behavior 183

The Evolution of Sexual Differences in Insects / Randy Thornhill, Darryl T. Gwynne 186

Animal Genitalia and Female Choice / William G. Eberhard 194

Mechanisms of Sperm Competition in Birds / Tim R. Birkhead 202

Prairie-Vole Partnerships / Lowell L. Getz, C. Sue Carter 212

Mating Behavior and Hermaphroditism in Coral Reef Fishes / Robert R. Warner 219

Avian Siblicide / Douglas W. Mock, Hugh Drummond, Christopher H. Stinson 228

The Strategies of Human Mating / David M. Buss 240

Part V The Adaptive Value of Social Behavior 253

Animal Contests as Evolutionary Games / Michael Mesterton-Gibbons, Eldridge S. Adams 256

Why Ravens Share / Bernd Heinrich, John Marzluff 264

Making Decisions in the Family: An Evolutionary Perspective / Stephen T. Emlen, Peter H. Wrege, Natalie J. Demong 272

Naked Mole-Rats / Rodney L. Honeycutt 283

The Honey Bee Colony as a Superorganism / Thomas D. Seeley 294

The Essence of Royalty: Honey Bee Queen Pheromone / Mark L. Winston, Keith N. Slessor 302.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0878938141

OCLC:

46449168