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Advances in the Study of Behavior

Slater, Peter J.B.

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Table of contents
  • Copyrightiv
  • Contentsv
  • Contributorsix
  • Prefacexi
  • Chapter 1. Sexual Imprinting and Evolutionary Processes in Birds: A Reassessment1
  • I. Sexual Imprinting: The Traditional View2
  • II. Reassessing the Evidence5
  • III. Sexual Imprinting and Evolution: A Reassessment14
  • IV. Conclusion20
  • V. Summary21
  • Appendix21
  • References25
  • Chapter 2. Techniques for Analyzing Vertebrate Social Structure Using Identified Individuals: Review33
  • I. Introduction33
  • II. Methods35
  • III. Study Populations36
  • IV. Interactions, Associations, and Groups39
  • V. Measures of Relationship (Including Association Indices)42
  • VI. Displays of Measures of Relationship45
  • VII. Tests against Null ModelsŽ50
  • VIII. Temporal Patterning52
  • IX. Discussion and Recommendations54
  • X. Conclusions and Summary58
  • Appendix A59
  • Appendix B68
  • References70
  • Chapter 3. Socially Induced Infertility, Incest Avoidance, and the Monopoly of Reproduction in Coope75
  • I. Introduction75
  • II. Sociality and Mating Patterns within the Family Bathyergidae78
  • III. Behavioral and Physiological Correlates of Suppression: Behavioral Castration,Ž Physiologi83
  • IV. Of Mole-Rats, Mongooses, and Marmosets96
  • V. The Food Aridity Hypothesis: Ecological Constraints, the Monopoly of Reproduction, and the Evolut99
  • VI. Conclusions106
  • VII. Summary107
  • References108
  • Chapter 4. Memory in Avian Food Caching and Song Learning: A General Mechanism or Different Processe115
  • I. Introduction115
  • II. Food Caching, Memory, and the Avian Hippocampus119
  • III. Experience-Dependent Changes in Memory and Hippocampal Function: Ontogenetic and Seasonal Studi128
  • IV. Song Learning: An Overview of Behavioral and Neural Components137
  • V. Conclusions: Differences and Similarities in Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms151
  • VI. Summary161
  • References162
  • Chapter 5. Long-Term Memory in Human Infants: Lessons in Psychobiology175
  • I. Introduction175
  • II. The Infant Learning and Memory Paradigm177
  • III. Parallels between Infant and Animal Research181
  • IV. Implications of Infant Research for Research with Animals220
  • V. Summary236
  • References237
  • Chapter 6. Olfaction in Birds247
  • I. Introduction247
  • II. Anatomy of the Olfactory System248
  • III. Detection and Discrimination of Odors255
  • IV. Feeding Behavior272
  • V. Navigation286
  • VI. Reproductive Behavior302
  • VII. Attachment and Affiliation306
  • VIII. Alarm Odors and Aversants309
  • IX. Nonspecific Effects of Olfaction314
  • X. Conclusions316
  • XI. Summary318
  • References320
  • Chapter 7. Intraspecific Variation in Ungulate Mating Strategies: The Case of the Flexible Fallow De333
  • I. Introduction333
  • II. Mating Strategies and Ecology334
  • III. Costs and Benefits of Alternative Mating Strategies344
  • IV. The Flexible Fallow Deer Revisited353
  • V. Summary356
  • References357
  • Index363
  • Contents of Previous Volumes373
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120045280
  • ISBN-13 9780080582894
  • Author Slater, Peter J.B.
  • Category Psychology
  • Subject Cognitive Psychology

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Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.