Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field - An Hypothesis Testing Approach to Development, Causation, Function,

Informationen zum Autor By Dr. Bonnie J. Ploger and Dr. Ken Yasukawa Klappentext A new laboratory manual that provides both traditional! directed exercises and inquiry-based exercises that encourage students to design their own experiments. The exercises in this manual illustrate current theoretical issues and methods used by biologists! psychologists! and anthropologists who study animal behavior. -- Supports a range of pedagogical styles and texts in animal behavior with active learning experiences that engage students -- Students and instructors benefit from knowledge and experience of members of the Animal Behavior Society Zusammenfassung Aims to provide a variety of exercises! from formulating research questions through interpreting and presenting final results. This book attempts to share the collective teaching expertise and experience of members of the Animal Behavior Society and supports a range of pedagogical styles and texts in animal behavior with learning experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE PART 1. INTRODUCTION PART 2. DESCRIBING BEHAVIOR 1. Learning to describe and quantify animal behavior B.J. Ploger 2. Developing operational definitions and measuring interobserver reliability using house crickets (Acheta domesticus) T. Glover PART 3. CAUSATION 3. Courtship! mating! and sex pheromones in the mealworm beetle! Tenebrio molitor E. Font and E. Desfilis 4. Courtship and mate attraction in parasitic wasps R.W. Matthews and J.R. Matthews 5. Chemoreception in lizards C. O'Neil Krekorian 6. Behavioral thermoregulation in field populations of amphibian larvae H.H. Whiteman and N. Buschhaus 7. Temperature dependence of the electric organ discharge in weakly electric fish G.K.H. Zupanc! J.R. Banks! G. Engler and R.C. Beason 8. Observing and analyzing human nonverbal communication P.L. Bernstein 9. Foraging behavior of ants! or picnics: an ant's eye view S.L. Halkin 10. Hummingbird foraging patterns: experiments using artificial flowers A. Inman 11. Honey bee foraging behavior M.R. Richter and J.M. Keramaty 12. Individual constancy to color by foraging honeybees P.S.M. Hill and H. Wells PART 4. DEVELOPMENT 13. Dog training laboratory: applied animal behavior L.L. Gillie and G.H. Waring 14. Paternal care and its effect on maternal behavior and pup survival and development in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) B. McGuire 15. The effect of prenatal visual stimulation on the imprinting responses of domestic chicks: an examination of sensitive periods during development W.L. Hill 16. Development of thermoregulation in altricial rodents G.R. Michener and T.D. Charge 17. Aggregation and kin recognition in African clawed frogs! Xenopus laevis K.L. Anderson and B.J. Ploger PART 5. ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION Section I: Foraging 18. Diving birds: a field study of benthic and piscivorous foragers J.J. Templeton & D.J. Mountjoy 19. Found a peanut: foraging decisions by squirrels S.L. Halkin 20. Economic decisions and foraging tradeoffs in chickadees R.L. Mumme 21. Seed selection by foraging birds M.R. Richter! J.A. Halstead and K. Savastano 22. Competitive behavior of birds at feeders A. Mostrom Section II: Avoiding Predators 23. Vigilance and the group-size effect: observing behavior in humans J.E. Scheib! L.E. Cody! N.S. Clayton and R.D. Montgomerie 24. The function of "chat" calls in northern mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos): vocal defense of nestlings C.A. Logan 25. Diving and skating in whirligig beetles: alternative antipredator responses A. Inman and A. Houtman 26. The response of tree squirrels to conspecific and heterospecific alarm calls A. Houtman Section III: Agonistic Behavior 27. Competition for breeding resources by burying beetles M.P. Scott 28. Learning to be winners and losers: agonistic behavior in crayfish E.M. Jakkob and C.D. Hoefler Section IV: Courtship and Parental Care 29. Costs and benefits of maternal care in ear...

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• Authors: Bonnie J. Ploger, Bonnie J. Yasukawa Ploger, John Ploger, Ken Yasukawa
• Assisted by: Bonnie J. Ploger (Editor), Bonnie J. (Hamline University Ploger (Editor), Ken (Beloit College Yasukawa (Editor), Yasukawa Ken (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2002
• EAN: 9780125583305
• ISBN: 978-0-12-558330-5
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Animal behaviour, Ethology and animal behaviour