Advances in the Study of Behavior

The most recent findings and research in the field of animal behavior.

Marc Naguib (Series edited by), John C. Mitani (Series edited by), Leigh W. Simmons (Series edited by), H. Jane Brockmann (Series edited by), Timothy J. Roper (Series edited by), Louise Barrett (Series edited by), Susan D. Healy (Series edited by)

9780128002865, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 21 May 2014

444 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.84 kg

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.

1. Human Sperm Competition: Playing a Defensive Strategy
2. Magnetoreception in Mammals
3. Aggressive Signaling in Song Sparrows and Other Songbirds
4. Pattern in Behavior: The Characterization, Origins and Evolution of Behavior Patterns
5. Sexual Conflict in Nonhuman Primates
6. Vocal Complexity in Meerkats and Other Mongoose Species
7. The Behavioral and Physiological Ecology of Adult Rubyspot Damselflies (Hetaerina, Calopterygidae, Odonata)
8. The Study of Career Decisions: Oystercatchers as Social Prisoners

Subject Areas: Animal behaviour [PSVP], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Psychology [JM]