Research Catalog

Title

The behavior of animals : mechanisms, function, and evolution / edited by Johan J. Bolhuis and Luc-Alain Giraldeau.

Publication

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Bolhuis, Johan J.
• Giraldeau, Luc-Alain, 1955-

Description

xviii, 515 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

Animal behavior

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-451) and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / Robert A. Hinde -- 1. The study of animal behavior / Johan J. Bolhuis and Luc-Alain Giraldeau -- Pt. I. Mechanisms of behavior -- 2. Stimulus perception / Jorg-Peter Ewert -- 3. Motivation / Jerry A. Hogan -- 4. Biological rhythms and behavior / Ralph E. Mistlberger and Benjamin Rusak -- 5. Brain and behavior / David F. Sherry -- 6. Development of behavior / Johan J. Bolhuis -- 7. Learning and memory / Kimberly Kirkpatrick and Geoffrey Hall -- 8. Animal cognition / Nathan J. Emery and Nicola S. Clayton -- Pt. II. Function and evolution of behavior -- 9. The function of behavior / Luc-Alain Giraldeau -- 10. Communication / Peter K. McGregor -- 11. Mate choice, mating systems, and sexual selection / Anders Pape Moller -- 12. Polyandry, sperm competition, and sexual conflict / Mark A. Elgar -- 13. Evolution of behavior / Michael J. Ryan -- 14. Social systems / Anne E. Pusey -- Pt. III. Animal behavior and human society -- 15. Applied animal behavior and animal welfare / David Fraser and Daniel M. Weary -- 16. Animal behavior and conservation biology / Tim Caro and John Eadie -- 17. Human behavior as animal behavior / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson.

ISBN

0631231250 (pbk : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004008959

OCLC

• ocm54989222
• SCSB-5185085

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries