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The study of animal behaviour is one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines in biology. The resulting diversity of conceptual approaches and methodological innovations makes it increasingly difficult for professionals and students to keep abreast of important new developments. This edited volume provides up-to-date reviews that facilitate orientation in key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. The contributions address evolutionary and proximate aspects of behaviour and also cover both invertebrates and vertebrates. Important concepts are dealt with in separate glossaries and key examples highlighted in separate text boxes. Richly illustrated with colour figures, this volume offers a well structured overview of all the main developments in current animal behaviour research. It is ideal for teaching upper-level courses, where it will be essential reading for advanced students familiar with basic concepts and ideas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Part I: Communication and cognition""; ""1. Visual communication: evolution, ecology, and functional mechanisms""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Visual sensitivities""; ""1.3 Sensory selection on signal design""; ""1.3.1 Conspicuousness""; ""1.3.2 Selection by multiple receivers""; ""1.4 Selection by lower neuronal processes""; ""1.5 Selection by higher neuronal processes""; ""1.6 Sensory trade-offs and sensory exploitation""; ""1.7 Sensory drive""; ""1.8 Environmental influence on communication""
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""1.9 Conclusion""""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""2. Vocal communication in social groups""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2 Audience effects""; ""2.3 Eavesdropping""; ""2.3.1 Social eavesdropping""; ""2.4 Group cohesion and group coordination""; ""2.5 Costs-benefit analyses of signalling networks in social groups""; ""2.6 Conclusions and outlook for future studies""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""3. Kin recognition: an overview of conceptual issues, mechanisms and evolutionary theory""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""3.1 Introduction""
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""3.2 What is kin recognition? Sorting out terminological confusion""""3.3 Proximate mechanisms: how do organisms recognise kin?""; ""3.3.1 Types of kin recognition mechanisms""; ""3.3.2 Key components of KR mechanisms""; ""3.4 Evolutionary analyses of kin recognition""; ""3.4.1 Evolutionary origins and maintenance of genetic kin recognition""; ""3.4.2 Apparent kin recognition failures""; ""3.5 Conclusions and future directions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""4. Honeybee cognition""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Why study honeybees?""
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""4.3 The honeybee�s sensory world""""4.3.1 The compound eye""; ""4.3.2 The antennae""; ""4.4 Experimental approaches""; ""4.4.1 Learning in maze experiments""; ""4.4.2 Navigation in tagged free-flying honeybees""; ""4.4.3 Classical conditioning in harnessed bees""; ""4.5 Cognitive mechanisms underlying behaviour""; ""4.5.1 Categorisation""; ""4.5.2 Rule learning""; ""4.5.3 Context-dependent learning""; ""4.5.4 Other cognitive mechanisms used in navigation""; ""4.6 Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""
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""5. Individual performance in complex social systems: the greylag goose example""""ABSTRACT""; ""5.1 Introduction: being social is the default setting in mammals and birds""; ""5.2 Social efficiency and social competence""; ""5.3 Cognition-based complex social systems""; ""5.4 Complex social systems in birds: how large a brain does one need?""; ""5.5 The greylag goose society""; ""5.5.1 The start of a social career: mothers and eggs""; ""5.5.2 The first year""; ""5.5.3 The second year""; ""5.5.4 Adult years: dynamic clan structure and associated benefits for females""
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""5.5.5 Pair formation, pair-bond maintenance and hormonal synchrony between pair partners""
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Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Animal behaviour Berlin : Springer, 2010 ISBN 3642026230
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642026232
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
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DOI:
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