Advances in the study of behavior. Volume forty-eight / edited by Marc Naguib [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Naguib, Marc, editor.

Series:

Advances in the study of behavior ; Volume 48.

Advances in the Study of Behavior ; Volume 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Human behavior.

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (534 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2016.

Summary:

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior.This volume makes another important contribution to the development of the field by presenting theoretical ideas and research findings to professionals studying animal behavior and related fields.-.

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in the Study of Behavior; Advances in the Study of Behavior; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; REFERENCE; One - Bridging the Gap Between Cross-Taxon and Within-Species Analyses of Behavioral Innovations in Birds: Making Sense of Discrepant Cognition-Innovation Relationships and the Role of Motor Diversity; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CROSS-TAXON COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF INNOVATION MECHANISMS; 3. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF INNOVATION; 3.1 The Paradigm: Problem Solving; 3.2 Problem Solving and Learning: Correlational Analyses; 3.2.1 Background; 3.2.2 Operant Learning

3.2.3 Classical Conditioning and Learning Batteries3.2.4 Inhibition and Producer-Scrounger Strategies; 3.2.5 Conclusions; 3.3 Problem Solving and Learning: Causal Analyses; 3.4 Problem Solving and Motor Flexibility; 3.4.1 Background; 3.4.2 Measuring Motor Flexibility; 3.4.3 Modeling the Effects of Motor Flexibility; 3.5 Problem Solving: Motor Flexibility and Learning; 3.6 Problem Solving and Causal Reasoning; 4. INNOVATION AND COGNITION: A MODEL; 5. BEHAVIORAL VARIABILITY: A GENERAL SOURCE OF INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR; 6. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Two - Glucocorticoid-Mediated Phenotypes in Vertebrates: Multilevel Variation and Evolution1. GLUCOCORTICOIDS AS MEDIATORS OF PHENOTYPIC ADJUSTMENTS; 1.1 Functions of Glucocorticoids; 1.2 External, Internal, and Developmental Factors Affecting GC Regulation; 1.2.1 Variation in External Factors; 1.2.1.1 Inclement Weather; 1.2.1.2 Food Availability; 1.2.1.3 Predation; 1.2.1.4 Social Interactions; 1.2.1.5 Social Status; 1.2.2 Variation in Internal Variables; 1.2.2.1 Sex Differences; 1.2.2.2 Body Condition; 1.2.2.3 Life History State; 1.2.2.4 Age; 1.2.2.5 Oxidative Stress; 1.2.2.6 Immune Function

1.2.3 Effects During Development1.3 Concepts for GC Regulation: Homeostasis, Allostasis, and Reactive Scope; 2. PARSING TWO NOTORIOUSLY VARIABLE TRAITS, BEHAVIOR AND HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS, WITHIN AND AMONG INDIVIDUALS; 2.1 Multilevel Approaches; 2.2 How Repeatable Are Behavioral and Hormonal Traits?; 2.3 Decomposing Trait Variance Is Not Sufficient: Trait Correlations Must Also Be Partitioned; 2.4 Hormonal Syndromes; 2.5 Implications of Low Repeatabilities of Glucocorticoid Traits; 3. HERITABILITY, ARTIFICIAL SELECTION, AND FITNESS RELATIONSHIPS OF GLUCOCORTICOID TRAITS

3.1 Heritability Estimates for Hormonal Traits and Responses to Artificial Selection3.2 Natural Variation in Glucocorticoid Concentrations and Fitness; 3.3 Experimental Manipulation of Glucocorticoids to Test for Mediation of Behavior and Fitness Effects; 4. PHENOTYPIC FLEXIBILITY IN GC TRAITS: REACTION NORMS, COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FLEXIBILITY AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS; 4.1 Studying GC Flexibility Using Reaction Norm Approaches; 4.2 Possible Factors Underlying GC Variation Within and Among Individuals; 4.3 Evaluating Benefits and Costs of GC Flexibility

4.4 GC-Mediated Flexibility and Evolution

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 7, 2016).

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ISBN:

9780128051795

0128051795

9780128047873

0128047879

OCLC:

949988706