Evolution of animal behavior : paleontological and field approaches / edited by Matthew H. Nitecki and Jennifer A. Kitchell.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Nitecki, Matthew H.

Kitchell, Jennifer A.

Field Museum of Natural History.

Conference Name:

Spring Systematics Symposium (7th : 1984 : Chicago, Ill.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior--Congresses.

Animal behavior.

Behavior evolution--Congresses.

Behavior evolution.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Summary:

This volume highlights current research in the field of animal behavior, with an emphasis on evolutionary perspectives. The contributors represent paleontological, field, and experimental approaches. They focus on a series of studies that confront wide-ranging issues, including sexual selection, mate choice, differential parental investment, apparent altruism, cooperative behavior, and the relevance of phylogenetic constraints and historical information. The volume will be of special interest to evolutionary biologists, behavioral ecologists, and paleontologists.

Notes:

Papers presented at the 7th Spring Systematics Symposium of the Field Museum, Chicago, May 1984.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 174-178.

ISBN:

0195040066

OCLC:

12944920