Stress and behavior / edited by Anders Pape Mller, Manfred Milinski, Peter J. B. Slater.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mller, A. P. (Anders Pape)

Milinski, Manfred.

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

Series:

Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 27.

Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human behavior.

Stress (Psychology).

Stress (Physiology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (569 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1998.

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, evolutionarybiology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.

Contents:

Front Cover; Stress and Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Concept of Stress and Its Relevance for Animal Behavior; I. Introduction; II. The Concept of Stress; III. Social Stress in Mammals; IV. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Stress and Immune Response; I. Introduction; II. The Nature of Stress; III. The Nature of Immunocompetence; IV. Neurological Linking of Stress and Immunocompetence; V. Endocrine Linkage of Stress and Immunocompetence; Vl. Why Stress Alters Immunocompetence; VII. Summary; References

Chapter 3. Behavioral Variability and Limits to Evolutionary Adaptation under StressI. Introduction; II. Energy Limits to Adaptation; III. Variability and the Survival of Variants; IV. Extending the Limits of Adaptation; V. From Stress-Resistance Genotypes to a Connected Metabolism; VI. Summary; References; Chapter 4. Developmental Instability as a General Measure of Stress; I. Introduction; II. Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Developmental Instability; III. Directional Selection and Developmental Instability; IV. Fitness Correlates of Developmental Instability

V. Practical Uses of Developmental InstabilityVI. Conclusions and Prospects for Future Studies; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Stress and Decision-Making under the Risk of Predation: Recent Developments from Behavioral, Reproductive, and Ecological Perspectives; I. Introduction; II. Behavior of Feeding Animals: Classical Motivations; III. Patterns of Activity; IV. After an Encounter with a Predator; V. Social Situations; VI. Reproduction; VII. Long-Term Consequences of Decision Making; VIII. Ecological Influences and Implications; IX. Additional Considerations

X. Conclusions and SummaryReferences; Chapter 6. Parasitic Stress and Self-Medication in Wild Animals; I. Introduction; II. Self-Medication; III. Prophylactic Self Medication; IV. Therapeutic Self-Medication; V. Skepticism; VI. Behavioral Mechanisms; VII. Implications; VIII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Stress and Human Behavior: Attractiveness, Women's Sexual Development, Postpartum Depression, and Baby's Cry; I. Introduction; II. Human Attraction and Attractiveness; III. Parent-Daughter Relations and Women's Sexual Behavior; IV. Postpartum Depression

V. Infant Crying as a Signal of Phenotypic QualityVI. Summary; References; Chapter 8. Welfare, Stress, and the Evolution of Feelings; I. Feelings, Their Role and Their Evolution; II. Welfare, Stress, and Feelings; III. Summary; References; Chapter 9. Biological Conservation and Stress; I. Introduction; II. Stress in a Conservation Biology Context; III. Designing a Conservation Study to Measure Stress and Its Impact; IV. The Natural History of Stress; V. Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors; VI. Conservation Research and Management Activities as Stressors

VII. The Equivalence of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-70926-3

9786611709266

0-08-058288-5

OCLC:

476215120