Advances in the study of behavior. Volume 28 / 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 ; v. 28.

Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Human behavior.

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 28; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Sexual Imprinting and Evolutionary Processes in Birds: A Reassessment; I. Sexual Imprinting: The Traditional View; II. Reassessing the Evidence; III. Sexual Imprinting and Evolution: A Reassessment; IV. Conclusion; V. Summary; Appendix; References; Chapter 2. Techniques for Analyzing Vertebrate Social Structure Using Identified Individuals: Review and Recommendations; I. Introduction; II. Methods; III. Study Populations; IV. Interactions, Associations, and Groups

V. Measures of Relationship (Including Association Indices)VI. Displays of Measures of Relationship; VII. Tests against "Null Models"; VIII. Temporal Patterning; IX. Discussion and Recommendations; X. Conclusions and Summary; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Chapter 3. Socially Induced Infertility, Incest Avoidance, and the Monopoly of Reproduction in Cooperatively Breeding African Mole-Rats, Family Bathyergidae; I. Introduction; II. Sociality and Mating Patterns within the Family Bathyergidae

III. Behavioral and Physiological Correlates of Suppression: "Behavioral Castration," "Physiological Ovariectomy," and Incest AvoidanceIV. Of Mole-Rats, Mongooses, and Marmosets; V. The Food Aridity Hypothesis: Ecological Constraints, the Monopoly of Reproduction, and the Evolution of Sociality in Bathyergid Mole-Rats; VI. Conclusions; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 4. Memory in Avian Food Caching and Song Learning: A General Mechanism or Different Processes?; I. Introduction; II. Food Caching, Memory, and the Avian Hippocampus

III. Experience-Dependent Changes in Memory and Hippocampal Function: Ontogenetic and Seasonal Studies in Food-Caching BirdsIV. Song Learning: An Overview of Behavioral and Neural Components; V. Conclusions: Differences and Similarities in Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms; VI. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Long-Term Memory in Human Infants: Lessons in Psychobiology; I. Introduction; II. The Infant Learning and Memory Paradigm; III. Parallels between Infant and Animal Research; IV. Implications of Infant Research for Research with Animals; V. Summary; References

Chapter 6. Olfaction in BirdsI. Introduction; II. Anatomy of the Olfactory System; III. Detection and Discrimination of Odors; IV. Feeding Behavior; V. Navigation; VI. Reproductive Behavior; VII. Attachment and Affiliation; VIII. Alarm Odors and Aversants; IX. Nonspecific Effects of Olfaction; X. Conclusions; XI. Summary; References; Chapter 7. Intraspecific Variation in Ungulate Mating Strategies: The Case of the Flexible Fallow Deer; I. Introduction; II. Mating Strategies and Ecology; III. Costs and Benefits of Alternative Mating Strategies; IV. The Flexible Fallow Deer Revisited

V. Summary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-45070-7

9786611450700

0-08-058289-3

OCLC:

476165471