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Animal Behavior

Dustin Rubenstein(Author)

Oxford University Press Inc

12th Edition

Published on 11. September 2023

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544 pages

978-0-19-757382-2 (ISBN)

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1 An Introduction to Animal Behavior

1.1 Natural Selection and the Evolution of Behavior

--1.1.1 The Cost-Benefit Approach

--1.1.2 The Levels of Analysis

--1.1.3 The Integrative Study of Animal Behavior

1.2 Approaches to Studying Behavior

1.2.1 Examining the Adaptive Basis of Behavior

1.2.2 Inferring the Evolutionary History of Behavior

2 The Integrative Study of Behavior

2.1 The Development of Song Learning

--2.1.1 Intraspecific Variation and Dialects

--2.1.2 Social Experience and Song Development

2: Mechanisms of Song Learning

--2.2.1 The Genetics of Song Learning

--2.2.2 The Avian Song Control System

2.3 The Evolution of Song Learning

--2.3.1 An Evolutionary History of Bird Song

--2.3.2 Song Learning: A Comparative Approach

2.4 The Adaptive Value of Song Learning

--2.4.1 Ecological and Social Correlates of Song Learning

--2.4.2 Social Competition and Mate Choice

3 The Developmental and Molecular Bases of Behavior

3: Behavior Requires Genes and the Environment

--3.1.1 Behavioral Ontogeny

--3.1.2 Gene Regulation Influences Behavior

3.2 The Evolutionary Development of Behavior

--3.2.1 The Evo-Devo Approach to Understanding Behavior

--3.2.2 Molecular Toolkits and the Development of Behavior

3.3 The Development of Behavioral Variation

--3.3.1 Early Life Developmental Conditions

--3.3.2 Alternative Behavioral Phenotypes

4 The Neural Basis of Behavior

4: Responding to Stimuli

--4.1.1 Complex Behavioral Responses to Simple Stimuli

--4.1.2 How Moths Avoid Bats

4.2 Sensory Stimuli and Nervous System Control

--4.2.1 Decision Making in the Brain

--4.2.2 Alternative Sensory Modalities 105

4.3 Translating Sensory Stimuli into Behavior

--4.3.1 Neural Mechanisms of Information Transfer

--4.3.2 Stimulus Filtering

5 The Physiological and Endocrine Bases of Behavior

5: Endogenous Rhythms and Changing Behavioral Priorities

--5.1.1 Endogenous versus Exogenous Control of Behavioral Priorities

--5.1.2 Mechanisms of Changing Behavioral Priorities

5.2 Cues that Entrain Cycles of Behavior

--5.2.1 Predictable Environmental Cues

--5.2.2 Unpredictable Environmental Cues

5.3 Hormones and Behavior

--5.3.1 Activational Effects of Hormones

--5.3.2 Hormonal Causes and Consequences of Behavior

6 Avoiding Predators and Finding Food

6: Antipredator Behavior

--6.1.1 Blending In

--6.1.2 Standing Out

--6.1.3 Social Defenses

--6.1.4 Optimality Theory and Antipredator Behavior

6.2 Foraging Behavior

--6.2.1 Optimal Foraging Theory

--6.2.2 Landscapes of Fear

--6.2.3 Cognition and Finding Food

--6.2.4 Frequency Dependence and Foraging Behavior

7 Territoriality and Movement

7: Where to Live

--7.1.1 Habitat

--7.1.2 Selection

--7.1.3 Territoriality

7.2 To Stay or Go

--7.2.1 Dispersal

--7.2.2 Variation in Migratory Behavior and Connectivity 225

8 Principles of Communication

8: Communication and Animal Signals

--8.1.1 A Communication Framework

--8.1.2 Functionally Referent Signals

8.2 The Evolution of Animal Signals

--8.2.1 Preexisting Traits

--8.2.2 Preexisting Biases

--8.2.3 Preexisting Traits versus Preexisting Biases

8.3 The Function of Animal Signals

--8.3.1 Honest Signaling

--8.3.2 Deceitful Signaling

--8.3.3 Eavesdropping on Others

9 Reproductive Behavior

9: Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Sex Differences

--9.1.1 Sex Differences in Behavior and Investment

--9.1.2 A Reversal in Sex Differences

9.2 Intrasexual Selection and Competition for Mates

--9.2.1 Competition and Access to Mates

--9.2.2 Conditional Mating Tactics versus Alternative Mating Strategies

--9.2.3 Sperm Competition

--9.2.4 Paternity Assurance

9.3 Intersexual Selection and Mate Choice

--9.3.1 Female Mate Choice: Direct versus Indirect Benefits

--9.3.2 Cryptic Female Choice

--9.3.3 Signal Evolution: Runaway versus Chase-Away Sexual Selection

9.4 Sexual Conflict

--9.4.1 The Manipulation of Female Choice

--9.4.2 Sexual Arms Races

10 Mating Systems

10: Monogamy: A Lack of Multiple Mating

--10.1.1 Why Be Monogamous? 10.1.2 Monogamy and Biparental Care

10.2 Polyandry: Multiple Mating by Females

--10.2.1 Female versus Male Control of Mating

--10.2.2 Indirect versus Direct Benefits 327

10.3 Polygyny: Multiple Mating by Males

--10.3.1 Female Defense Polygyny

--10.3.2 Resource Defense Polygyny

--10.3.3 Lek Polygyny

--10.3.4 Scramble Competition Polygyny

10.4 Polygynandry and Promiscuity: Multiple Mating by Both Sexes

--10.4.1 Polygynandry

--10.4.2 Promiscuity

11 Parental Care

11: Offspring Value and Parental Investment

--11.1.1 Parental Care Decisions

--11.1.2 Parental Favoritism in Offspring Care and Production

--11.1.3 Family Conflict

11.2 To Care or Not to Care

--11.2.1 Current versus Future Reproduction

--11.2.2 Sexual Conflict and Parental Care

--11.2.2 Maternal versus Paternal Care

11.3 (Non-)Discriminating Parental Care

--11.3.1 Offspring Recognition and Interspecific Brood Parasitism

--11.3.2 Coevolutionary Arms Races

--11.3.3 The Evolution of Brood Parasitism

12 Principles of Social Evolution

12: Altruism and Levels of Selection

--12.2.1 Individual versus Group Selection

--12.2.2 Kin Selection

12.2 Kin Selection and Inclusive Fitness Theory

--12.2.1 Haplodiploidy and the Evolution of Eusociality

--12.2.2 Inclusive Fitness and Monogamy

--12.2.3 Sterility and Caste Differentiation

12.3 Social Conflict in Animal Societies

--12.3.1 Reproductive Conflict

--12.3.2 Consequences of Social Conflict

13 Social Behavior and Sociality

13: Forms of Social Behavior

--13.1.1 Mutual Benefit

--13.1.2 Altruism and Reciprocity

--13.1.3 Selfishness and Spite

13.2 The Evolution of Cooperative Breeding

--13.2.1 Direct versus Indirect Benefits

--13.2.2 Costs of Breeding Cooperatively

--13.2.3 Individual Differences in Cooperative Behavior

13.3 Reproductive Conflict

--13.3.1 Social Organization and Reproductive Skew

--13.3.2 Reproductive Suppression and Senescence

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