Advances in the Study of Behavior

Zusammenfassung Covering aspects of biological and psychological research into behaviour, this collection of papers examines key theoretical issues in chapters on imitation, on the role of parasites in sexual selection, and on cognitive ethology. E.B. Keverne, Primate Social Relationships: Their Determinants and Consequences. M. Zuk, The Role of Parasites in Sexual Selection: Current Evidence and Future Directions. C. Beer, Conceptual Issues in Cognitive Ethology. W. Schuler and T.J. Roper, Responses to Warning Coloration in Avian Predators. F. Vollrath, Analysis and Interpretation of Orb Spider Exploration and Web-building Behavior. G. Morali and C. Beyer, Motor Aspects of Masculine Sexual Behavior in Rats and Rabbits. A. Whiten and R. Ham, On the Nature and Evolution of Imitation in the Animal Kingdom: Reappraisal of a Century of Research. Chapter References. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Godden
• Assisted by: Colin Beer (Editor), Manfred Milinski (Editor), Jay S. Rosenblatt (Editor), Peter J. Slater (Editor), Peter J. B. Slater (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.1992
• EAN: 9780120045211
• ISBN: 978-0-12-004521-1
• No. of pages: 303
• Series: Advances in the Study of Behav; Advances in the Study of Behav; Advances in the Study of Behavior
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology