Advances in the study of behavior. Vol. 22 / edited by Peter J.B. Slater ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Slater, P. J. B. (Peter James Bramwell), 1942-

Series:

Advances in the study of behavior.

Advances in the study of behavior

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Human behavior.

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in the Study of Behavior is the leading series in its field. Each volume includes a variety of review essays by experts providing authoritative overviews of key areas of current interest that are invaluable to the teacher, student, and researcher in the field of behavior, whether psychologist or biologist. This volume continues the tradition of excellence in the study of behavior by covering a whole range of biological and psychological research. Each of the chapters presents new ideas, with a particularly interesting approach to sexual coercion. The volume as a whole has a par

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in The Study of Behavior, Volume 22; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Male Aggression and Sexual Coercion of Females in Nonhuman Primates and Other Mammals: Evidence and Theoretical Implications; I. Introduction; II. Male Aggression and Sexual Coercion in Nonhuman Primates; III. Costs to Female Primates of Male Aggression; IV. Primate Female Counterstrategies to Male Aggression; V. Male Aggression against Females in Chimpanzees; VI. Male Aggression against Females in Other Mammals; VII. Variation in Male Aggression against Females

VIII. Evaluating the Sexual Coercion HypothesisIX. Implications of Male Sexual Coercion for Sexual Selection Theory; X. Conclusions; XI. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Parasites and the Evolution of Host Social Behavior; I. Introduction; II. Group Living and Parasites; III. Parasites, Reproduction, and Sexual Selection; IV. Social Behavior and Parasite-Host Coevolution; V. Summary; References; Chapter 3. The Evolution of Behavioral Phenotypes: Lessons Learned from Divergent Spider Populations; I. Introduction; II. The Spider System; III. Fitness-Linked Behavioral Traits

IV. Arizona Riparian Population Deviation from Adaptive EquilibriumV. Factors That May Have Limited Adaptation; VI. Experimental Manipulation of Gene Flow versus Selection; VII. Discussion and Conclusions; VIII. Summary; References; Chapter 4. Proximate and Developmental Aspects of Antipredator Behavior; I. Introduction; II. Causal Aspects of Enemy Recognition; III. Developmental Aspects of Enemy Recognition; IV. Conclusions; V. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Newborn Lambs and Their Dams: The Interaction That Leads to Sucking; I. Introduction

II. Pre- and Perinatal Factors That Play a Part in the Ewe and Lamb Relationship after BirthIII. Sensory and Behavioral Factors Involved in the Postnatal Relationship between Ewe and Lamb; IV. Discussion; V. Summary; References; Chapter 6. The Ontogeny of Social Displays: Form Development. Form Fixation, and Change in Context; I. General Introduction; II. Mechanisms of Form Development; III. Form Fixation of Display; IV. Change in Context of Display; V. Functional Aspects of Display Development; VI. A Summarizing Scheme; VII. Summary; References; lndex; Contents of Previous Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-98180-X

9786611981808

0-08-058283-4

OCLC:

476238518