Animal behaviour : evolution and mechanisms / Peter Kappeler (ed.) ; [contributors, Nils Anthes ... and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kappeler, Peter M.

Anthes, Nils.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Animal societies.

Animal behavior--Evolution.

Physical Description:

xxi, 707 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2010]

Contents:

Visual communication : evolution, ecology, and functional mechanisms / H. Martin Schaefer

Vocal communication in social groups / Claudia Fichtel and Marta Manser

Kin recognition : an overview of conceptual issues, mechanisms and evolutionary theory / Dustin J. Penn and Joachim G. Frommen

Honeybee cognition / Mario Pahl, Jürgen Tautz and Shaowu Zhang

Individual performance in complex social systems : the greylag goose example / Kurt Kotrschal, Isabella B.R. Scheiber and Katharina Hirschenhauser

Conflict and conflict resolution in social insects / Jürgen Heinze

Social insects, major evolutionary transitions and multilevel selection / Judith Korb

Cooperation between unrelated individuals - a game theoretic approach / Redouan Bshary

Group decision-making in animal societies / Gerald Kerth

Parental care : adjustments to conflict and cooperation / Fritz Trillmich

The quantitative study of sexual and natural selection in the wild and in the laboratory / Wolf Blanckenhorn

Mate choice and reproductive conflict in simultaneous hermaphrodites / Nils Anthes

Extra-pair behaviour / Bart Kempenaers and Emmi Schlicht

Extreme polyandry in social Hymenoptera : evolutionary causes and consequences for colony organisation / F. Bernhard Kraus And Robin F.A. Moritz

Monogynous mating strategies in spiders / Jutta Schneider and Lutz Fromhage

Mating systems, social behaviour and hormones / Wolfgang Goymann and Heribert Hofer

The social modulation of behavioural development / Norbert Sachser and Sylvia Kaiser

Alternative reproductive tactics and life history phenotypes / Michael Taborsky and H. Jane Brockmann

Animal personality and behavioural syndromes / Ralph Bergmüller

Social learning and culture in animals / Carel P. van Schaik

Levels and mechanisms of behavioural variability / Peter M. Kappeler and Cornelia Kraus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783642026232

3642026230

OCLC:

620044852

Publisher Number:

12595532