Exploring animal behavior in laboratory and field : an hypothesis-testing approach to the development, causation, function, and evolution of animal behavior / Bonnie J. Ploger, Ken Yasukawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ploger, Bonnie J.

Contributor:

Yasukawa, Ken, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior--Laboratory manuals.

Animal behavior.

Animal behavior--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (493 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Calif. ; London : Academic, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field is designed to provide a variety of exercises that engage students actively in all phases of scientific investigation, from formulating research questions through interpreting and presenting final results. It attempts to share the collective teaching expertise and experience of members of the Animal Behavior Society with all who are willing to benefit from their wisdom. Four types of exercises are presented: (1) traditional exercises in which students follow a pre-determined protocol to test particular hypotheses explicitly stated in

Contents:

Front Cover; Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Describing Behavior; Chapter 1. Learning to Describe and Quantify Animal Behavior; Chapter 2. Developing Operational Definitions and Measuring Interobserver Reliability Using House Crickets (Acheta domesticus); Part 2: Causation; Chapter 3. Courtship, Mating, and Sex Pheromones in the Mealworm Beetle (Tenebrio molitor); Chapter 4. Courtship and Mate Attraction in Parasitic Wasps; Chapter 5. Chemoreception in Lizards

Chapter 6. Behavioral Thermoregulation in Field Populations of Amphibian LarvaeChapter 7. Temperature Dependence of the Electric Organ Discharge in Weakly Electric Fish; Chapter 8. Observing and Analyzing Human Nonverbal Communication; Chapter 9. Foraging Behavior of Ants, or Picnics: An Ant's-Eye View; Chapter 10. Hummingbird Foraging Patterns: Experiments Using Artificial Flowers; Chapter 11. Honey Bee Foraging Behavior; Chapter 12. Individual Constancy to Color by Foraging Honey Bees; Part 3: Development; Chapter 13. Dog Training Laboratory: Applied Animal Behavior

Chapter 14. Paternal Care and Its Effect on Maternal Behavior and Pup Survival and Development in Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster)Chapter 15. The Effect of Prenatal Visual Stimulation on the Imprinting Responses of Domestic Chicks: An Examination of Sensitive Periods During Development; Chapter 16. Development of Thermoregulation in Altricial Rodents; Chapter 17. Aggregation and Kin Recognition in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus laevis); Part 4: Adaptation and Evolution; Section I: Foraging; Chapter 18. Diving Birds: A Field Study of Benthic and Piscivorous Foragers

Chapter 19. Found A Peanut: Foraging Decisions by SquirrelsChapter 20. Economic Decisions and Foraging Trade-offs in Chickadees; Chapter 21. Seed Selection by Foraging Birds; Chapter 22. Competitive Behavior of Birds at Feeders; Section II: Avoiding Predators; Chapter 23. Vigilance and the Group-size Effect: Observing Behavior in Humans; Chapter 24. The Function of ""Chat"" Calls in Northern Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos). Vocal Defense of Nestlings; Chapter 25. Diving and Skating in Whirligig Beetles: Alternative Antipredator Responses

Chapter 26. The Response of Tree Squirrels to Conspecific and Heterospecific Alarm CallsSection III: Agonistic Behavior; Chapter 27. Competition for Breeding Resources by Burying Beetles; Chapter 28. Learning to be Winners and Losers: Agonistic Behavior in Crayfish; Section IV: Courtship and Parental Care; Chapter 29. Costs and Benefits of Maternal Care in Earwigs; Chapter 30. Vocal Behavior and Mating Tactics of the Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer): A Field Exercise in Animal Behavior; Chapter 31. The Role of Multiple Male Characters in Mate Choice by Female Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Chapter 32. Investigating Human Mate Choice Using the Want Ads

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-18664-3

9786611186647

0-08-050619-4

OCLC:

437200343