Overview

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This volume makes another important ""contribution to the development of the field"" by presenting theoretical ideas and research to those studying animal behavior and to their colleagues in neighboring fields. This volume reflects many of the current themes in animal behavior including the evolution of social behavior, sexual selection and communication. It also reflects controversial topics on which the authors provide interesting, new insights. Advances in the Study of Behavior is now available online at ScienceDirect — full-text online from volume 30 onwards.

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Author:   H. Jane Brockmann (Professor, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA) ,  Timothy J. Roper (Department of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, UK) ,  Marc Naguib (Professor, Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Animal Sciences Wageningen University, The Netherlands) ,  Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   37th edition
Volume:   37
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.890kg
ISBN:  

9780120045372

ISBN 10:   0120045370
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   15 November 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Contributors Preface The Strategic Dynamics of Cooperation in Primate Groups Joan B. Silk Coexistence in Female-Bonded Primate Groups S. Peter Henzi and Louise Barrett The Evolution of Sociality in Spiders Yael Lubin and Trine Bilde Molecular Ecology Reveals the Hidden Complexities of the Seychelles Warbler Jan Komdeur and David S. Richardson Mate Choice and Genetic Quality: a Review of the Heterozygosity Theory Bart Kempenaers Sexual Conflict and the Evolution of Breeding Systems in Shorebirds Gavin H. Thomas, Tamas Szekely, and John D. Reynolds Post-copulatory Selection in the Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria (L.) and the Mate-now-choose-later Mechanism of Cryptic Female Choice Paul I. Ward The Evolution, Function, and Meaning of Marmot Alarm Communication Daniel T. Blumstein The Evolution of Geographic Variation in Bird Songs Jeffrey Podos and Paige S. Warren

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Dr. H. Jane Brockmann is professor of zoology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Her research interests include ethology, behavioral ecology; the evolution and economics of behavior; nesting and mating behavior of horseshoe crabs and solitary wasps; and alternative strategies, conflict evolution of social behavior and sex ratios. Professor Tim Roper has a Personal Chair in Animal Behaviour at the University of Sussex. He has been Secretary of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, a Council Member of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology and both European Editor and Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. His research interest is in the behavioral ecology of social mammals, especially badgers.

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