Advances in the study of behavior / Marc Naguib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naguib, Marc, author.

Series:

Issn

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Human behavior.

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Academic Press, [2021]

Summary:

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 53 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field.New chapters in this release include Cooperative breeding in birds, Interactive singing in birds: What have we learned in the last 20 years?.

Contents:

Intro

Advances in The Study OF Behavior

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Reference

Chapter One: Countersinging in birds

1. Introduction

2. Countersinging

2.1. Location, age, and countersinging

3. Song timing

3.1. Non-interactive time-based signals used during countersinging

3.2. Time-specific responses

3.2.1. Behavioral mechanisms of time-specific response

3.2.2. Neuro-endocrine mechanisms of time-specific response

3.2.3. Ontogeny of time-specific response

3.2.4. Evolution of time-specific response

3.2.5. Function of time-specific response

4. Song pattern

4.1. Non-interactive pattern-based signals used during countersinging

4.1.1. Song types

4.1.2. Song type switch rate

4.1.3. Syllable type and fundamental frequency

4.1.4. Duration

4.1.5. Amplitude

4.1.6. Performance

4.2. Pattern-specific responses

4.2.1. Behavioral mechanisms of pattern-specific response

4.2.2. Neuro-endocrine mechanisms of pattern-specific response

4.2.3. Ontogeny of pattern-specific response

4.2.3.1. Song ontogeny determines song type sharing among neighbors

4.2.3.2. Eavesdropped countersinging may be a strong learning stimulus

4.2.4. Evolution of pattern-specific response

4.2.5. Function of pattern-specific response

4.2.5.1. Function of song type matching

4.2.5.2. Function of Repertoire Matching

4.2.5.3. Function of partial matching

4.2.5.4. Function of conventional matching

4.2.5.5. Function of pitch matching

4.2.5.6. Conclusions: Functions of pattern-specific responses

5. The interaction of song timing and pattern

6. Countersinging in communication networks

6.1. The dawn chorus as a communication network

6.2. Eavesdropping

6.2.1. Male eavesdroppers

6.2.2. Female eavesdroppers

7. Conclusions, recommendations, and final remarks.

7.1. What we know about countersinging

7.2. What we do not yet know about countersinging

7.3. Recommendations

7.4. Closing statement

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter Two: Do hosts of avian brood parasites discriminate parasitic vs. predatory threats? A meta-analysis

2. Methods

2.1. Statistical analysis

3. Results

3.1. Host-specific and stage-specific recognition/discrimination

3.2. Threat-specific recognition/discrimination

3.3. Recognition/discrimination by geographic overlap

3.4. Sampling methodology and host aggression metrics

4. Discussion

4.1. Host-specific and stage-specific recognition/discrimination

4.2. Theat-specific recognition/discrimination

4.2.1. Brood parasite type

4.2.2. Predator type

4.3. Recognition/discrimination by geographic overlap

5. Research needs and future directions

6. Conclusions

Further reading

Chapter Three: Dogs´ (Canis lupus familiaris) behavioral adaptations to a human-dominated niche: A review and novel hypot ...

1. The origins of dogs

2. Adaptation to a human-dominated niche

2.1. Cognitive hypotheses

2.1.1. Problem-solving hypothesis

2.1.2. Human-like social cognition hypothesis

2.1.2.1. Point and gaze following

2.1.2.2. Understanding the implications of what others can and cannot see

2.1.2.2.1. Guesser-knower task

2.1.2.3. Imitation

2.1.2.4. Critique of human-like social cognition hypothesis

2.2. Social ecology and behavioral development of dogs

2.2.1. Reproductive behavior

2.2.2. Flight distance

2.2.3. Behavioral development

2.3. Social relationships

2.3.1. Inter-species relationships

2.3.1.1. Attachment tests

2.3.1.2. Other tests of dog-human social connectedness

2.3.1.3. Possible uniqueness of dog-human social connectedness.

2.3.2. Intraspecific relationships

2.3.2.1. Dominance, cooperation and competition

2.3.2.2. Unsolvable and solvable tasks

3. Theories of dog social uniqueness

3.1. Theories of increased ``friendliness´´ and decreased aggression

3.2. ``Relaxed selection´´ theory

3.3. Canine cooperation hypothesis

3.4. Social ecology hypothesis

3.5. A novel hypothesis: Super-dominance

3.5.1. Anthropocentric selection

3.5.2. Hypersociability toward other species

3.5.3. Conspecific competition

4. Open questions

4.1. Publication trends

4.2. Imprinting and formation of social bonds

4.3. What makes people want to care for dogs?

4.4. What do people and dogs do together?

4.5. Can we identify social hierarchy in dog-human groups?

4.6. What are the intra-species social connections of dogs like?

4.7. Social genetics

5. Conclusions

Acknowledgements

Chapter Four: The evolution of delayed dispersal and different routes to breeding in social birds

1.1. What are the potential routes to obtaining an independent breeding position?

1.2. Aims of this review

2. Routes to independent breeding: Benefits and costs

2.1. Independent breeding via natal philopatry

2.1.1. Territory inheritance via philopatry

2.1.2. Territory budding via philopatry

2.1.3. Shifting

2.2. Independent breeding via extra-territorial movement

2.2.1. Prospecting

2.2.2. Floating

2.3. An intermediate step: Staging territories

3. Comparing routes to breeding: Costs and benefits across different fitness components

3.1. Subordinate fitness: Indirect benefits and own reproduction

3.2. Subordinate survival: Costs of extra-territorial movement vs survival benefits of philopatry

3.3. Breeding tenure duration: Finding, obtaining and keeping a breeding position.

3.4. Reproductive success of breeders: Quality of the breeding position

3.5. Overall selection: Combining fitness components of routes to breeding

4. Future directions

4.1. Assessing life-time reproductive benefits of different routes to breeding

4.2. Determining proximate drivers of different routes to breeding

4.3. Comparing social and non-social species

Chapter Five: Understanding the potential impact of climate change on the behavior and demography of social species: The ...

1.1. Environmental variability and the benefits of cooperation

2. Pied babblers as a model system

2.1. Study site

3. Benefits of individual-based long-term monitoring: Detailed chronicling of causes of life history variation

3.1. Survival

3.2. Reproduction

3.3. Offspring development

4. Behavioral and demographic responses to climate

4.1. Short-term behavioral changes in response to climate

4.2. Longer term reproductive and demographic impacts of climate

4.2.1. Adult survival

4.2.2. Offspring survival and development

5. Uniting behavior and physiology

5.1. Physiological studies-Invasive vs non-invasive sampling

5.2. Non-invasive sampling reveals reliable physiological measures in free-ranging animals

6. A research approach for quantifying the impact of climate change on wildlife

7. Conclusion

References.

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ISBN:

0-323-85071-5

0-12-824584-0

OCLC:

1249474850