Advances in the Study of Behavior

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. This volume makes another important contribution to the development of the field by presenting theoretical ideas and research findings to professionals studying animal behavior and related fields.

List of contents

1. Intra-individual variability in the expression of sexually selected display traits
Gail Patricelli
2. The heart of cooperation: The evolution of other-regarding concerns (or "Adam Smith's Apes")
Keith Jensen
3. Hormones and behaviour in the wild
Michaela Hau
4. Spider behavior
George Uetz
5. Cognition
Christopher Sturdy
6. Developmental Stress
Karen Spencer
7. Animal Personality
Bas Rodenburg
8. Assessment and Recognition of Competitive Rivals in Anurans
Mark Bee
9. Bird Cognition
Andrea Griffin
10. Postcopulatory sexual selection in rodents
Paula Stockley
11. Worker sterility in honey bees
Benjamin P. Oldroyd

Product details

• Assisted by: Louise Barrett (Editor), Susan D. Healy (Editor), John C. Mitani (Editor), Marc Naguib (Editor), Leigh W. Simmons (Editor), Marlene Zuk (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2016
• EAN: 9780128047873
• ISBN: 978-0-12-804787-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 28 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 1020 g
• Series: Advances in the Study of Behavior
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Clinical psychology, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism