Advances in the study of behavior / edited by Jeffrey Podos, Susan Healy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Podos, Jeffrey, 1967- editor.

Healy, S. M. (Susan Mary), editor.

Series:

Issn

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Academic Press, [2022]

Summary:

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 54 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Mobbing in animals: a thorough review and proposed future directions, Learned components of courtship: a focus on gestures, choreographies and construction abilities, Sexual selection in the true bugs, and.

Contents:

Intro

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Chapter One: Mobbing in animals: A thorough review and proposed future directions

1. Introduction

1.1. What do we know about mobbing? An overview

1.1.1. What is mobbing?

1.2. How to define and describe mobbing?

1.2.1. Mobbing behavior

1.2.2. What is not mobbing?

1.3. How dangerous is mobbing?

1.4. The ontogeny of mobbing

1.5. Who are the recipients of mobbing calls?

2. Quantification of mobbing and use in research

2.1. How is mobbing measured?

2.2. Can and should we measure mobbing intensity?

2.3. What do inconsistencies in quantifying mobbing mean for comparative research?

3. What is the function of mobbing?

3.1. Hypotheses regarding the function of mobbing

3.1.1. Physically remove the predator

3.1.1.1. The ``move on´´ hypothesis

3.1.1.2. Attract the mightier

3.1.1.3. Lethal counterattack

3.1.2. Disrupting predator hunting strategy/advantage

3.1.2.1. The ``selfish herd´´ and ``confusion effect´´ hypotheses

3.1.2.2. Pursuit deterrent (``perception advertisement´´ and ``quality advertisement´´ hypotheses)

3.1.2.3. Aiding a distressed relative

3.1.3. Communication with other prey to reduce their risk of being caught

3.1.3.1. Alerting others hypothesis

3.1.3.2. Communicating with young

3.1.3.3. Cultural transmission (predator and place)

3.1.4. Non-predator related hypotheses

3.1.4.1. Signaling quality to potential breeding partners

3.1.4.2. Mobbing mimicry

3.2. Links among mobbing hypotheses and potential evolutionary drivers for mobbing

3.3. Mobbing motivation and behavioral outcomes

4. Mobbing as a proxy for ``cognition´´

5. Conclusions and moving forward

5.1. Standardization and quantification of mobbing.

5.2. Areas requiring further investigation

5.2.1. Other factors affecting mobbing

5.2.2. Costs and benefits

5.2.3. Taxonomic bias

5.2.4. Mobbing and anthropogenic change

5.3. Summary and overall conclusions

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter Two: Learned components of courtship: A focus on postural displays, choreographies and construction abilities

2. What is learning in the context of courtship?

2.1. Definition criteria

2.2. Birdsong learning as a guide for the study of learning in non-vocal displays

2.3. Social influence on courtship development: usage and production learning

2.4. Drawing inferences about learning

3. Evidence for usage learning of motor courtship patterns

4. Evidence for production learning of motor courtship patterns

4.1. Geographical variations in visual courtship components

4.2. Changes in signal structure linked to social interactions

5. Experience with own motor output: The role of non-social stimuli

6. Alternatives to learning

6.1. Motivational factors and changes in morphology

6.2. Distinguishing between learning and activational plasticity

7. Mechanisms for usage, production and sensorimotor learning

7.1. Social feedback

7.2. Copying and imitation

7.3. Practice

8. Predictions and future directions

9. Summary

Declarations

Acknowledgments

Appendix A. Appendix

A.1. Materials and methods

A.2. Results

A.3. Bibliographical References

Chapter Three: Brain-behavior relationships of cognition in vertebrates: Lessons from amphibians

2. Amphibian brains

3. Cognition in the lab

4. Amphibians in nature

5. Conclusions

Chapter Four: Pre-copulatory and copulatory courtship in male-dimorphic arthropods

1. Introduction.

2. Systematic review

3. What do we currently know?

3.1. Pre-copulatory courtship

3.2. Copulatory courtship

4. Processes underlying differences between male morphs in pre-copulatory courtship

4.1. Male dimorphism in traits used for pre-copulatory courtship

4.2. Costs of pre-copulatory courtship behaviors

4.3. Female resistance

4.4. Male-male agonistic interactions

5. Differences between morphs in copulatory courtship: What can we expect?

5.1. Copulatory behavior and female stimulation

5.2. Genital differentiation between male morphs

6. Conclusions

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Other Format:

Print version: Podos, Jeffrey Advances in the Study of Behavior

ISBN:

0-323-99095-9

OCLC:

1050970281