| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 707 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
2010 Springer E-Books
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| Contents |
Visual communication : evolution, ecology, and functional mechanisms / H. Martin Schaefer -- Vocal communication in social groups / Claudia Fichtel and Marta Manser -- Kin recognition : an overview of conceptual issues, mechanisms and evolutionary theory / Dustin J. Penn and Joachim G. Frommen -- Honeybee cognition / Mario Pahl, Jürgen Tautz and Shaowu Zhang -- Individual performance in complex social systems : the greylag goose example / Kurt Kotrschal, Isabella B.R. Scheiber and Katharina Hirschenhauser -- Conflict and conflict resolution in social insects / Jürgen Heinze -- Social insects, major evolutionary transitions and multilevel selection / Judith Korb -- Cooperation between unrelated individuals -- a game theoretic approach / Redouan Bshary -- Group decision-making in animal societies / Gerald Kerth -- Parental care : adjustments to conflict and cooperation / Fritz Trillmich -- The quantitative study of sexual and natural selection in the wild and in the laboratory / Wolf Blanckenhorn -- Mate choice and reproductive conflict in simultaneous hermaphrodites / Nils Anthes -- Extra-pair behaviour / Bart Kempenaers and Emmi Schlicht -- Extreme polyandry in social Hymenoptera : evolutionary causes and consequences for colony organisation / F. Bernhard Kraus And Robin F.A. Moritz -- Monogynous mating strategies in spiders / Jutta Schneider and Lutz Fromhage -- Mating systems, social behaviour and hormones / Wolfgang Goymann and Heribert Hofer -- The social modulation of behavioural development / Norbert Sachser and Sylvia Kaiser -- Alternative reproductive tactics and life history phenotypes / Michael Taborsky and H. Jane Brockmann -- Animal personality and behavioural syndromes / Ralph Bergmüller -- Social learning and culture in animals / Carel P. van Schaik -- Levels and mechanisms of behavioural variability / Peter M. Kappeler and Cornelia Kraus |
| Summary |
The study of animal behaviour is one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines in biology. The resulting diversity of conceptual approaches and methodological innovations makes it increasingly difficult for professionals and students to keep abreast of important new developments. This edited volume provides up-to-date reviews that facilitate orientation in key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. The contributions address evolutionary and proximate aspects of behaviour and also cover both invertebrates and vertebrates. Important concepts are dealt with in separate glossaries and key examples highlighted in separate text boxes. Richly illustrated with colour figures, this volume offers a well structured overview of all the main developments in current animal behaviour research. It is ideal for teaching upper-level courses, where it will be essential reading for advanced students familiar with basic concepts and ideas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Animal behavior.
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Animal societies.
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Animal behavior -- Evolution.
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Animal societies.
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Animal behavior -- Evolution.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Tiere.
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Verhalten.
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Animal behavior.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Animal behavior
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Animal behavior -- Evolution
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Animal societies
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Verhalten
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Tiere
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kappeler, Peter M
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Anthes, Nils
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| ISBN |
9783642026249 |
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3642026249 |
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