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Advances in the study of behavior. Volume 49 / editors, Marc Naguib [and five others].

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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Academic Press, 2017.
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1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, photographs
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Naguib, Marc
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Why Is Social Behavior Rare in Reptiles? Lessons From Sleepy Lizards / Stephan T. Leu -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Sociality in Reptiles -- 3.The Biology of Sleepy Lizards -- 4.Monogamy -- 5.Social Networks -- 6.Discussion -- 7.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2.Behavioral Evidence of Felt Emotions: Approaches, Inferences, and Refinements / Victoria A. Braithwaite -- 1.Introduction -- 2.What Is a Felt Emotion? -- 3.Spontaneous Responses to Stimuli -- 4.Changes in Response Following a Drug Treatment -- 5.Motivational Testing -- 6.Epistemological Issues -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3.Developmental Plasticity: Preparing for Life in a Complex World / Barbara Taborsky -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Approaches to the Study of Developmental Plasticity -- 3.When Should Information Be Sampled and When Does It Take Effect? -- 4.Integration of Environmental Information -- 5.Parent-Offspring Conflict -- 6.Fitness -- 7.Added Value From Adding Complexity? -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4.Covetable Corpses and Plastic Beetles---The Socioecological Behavior of Burying Beetles / Paul E. Hopwood -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Burying Beetles Behavior and Ecology -- 3.What Socioecological Problems Do Burying Beetles Face? -- 4.Body Size Matters -- 5.Sex Roles in Parental Care and the Coevolution of Mating and Parental Care Behaviors -- 6.Sex Differences in the Plasticity of Behavior and Sexual Selection -- 7.Summary and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5.Mechanisms of Communication and Cognition in Chickadees: Explaining Nature in the Lab and Field / Christopher B. Sturdy -- 1.Introduction: Combining the Fields of Comparative Cognition and Behavioral Ecology -- 2.Natural History of Chickadees -- 3.Chickadee Acoustic Communication -- 4.Production and Perception of Chickadee Vocalizations: Investigating Communication Using Complementary Techniques -- 5.Summary of Conclusions and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6.Behavioral Adaptations to Invasive Species: Benefits, Costs, and Mechanisms of Change / Travis R. Robbins -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Types of Pressures Imposed by Invaders and Behavioral Responses -- 3.Ecological Significance of Behavioral Adaptations---Benefits and Costs -- 4.Selective Pressures Vary Across Life Stages -- 5.Mechanisms of Behavioral Change -- 6.Effects of Behavioral Adaptations on Other Traits -- 7.Conclusion -- References -- 7.Scramble Competition Polygyny in Terrestrial Arthropods / Gregory I. Holwell -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Mating Systems of Terrestrial Invertebrates -- 3.Scramble Competition in Terrestrial Invertebrates -- 4.How Does Female Ecology Influence Scramble Competition? -- 5.Male Traits Associated With Scramble Competition -- 6.Scramble Competition as an Alternative to Defense -- 7.Exploitation of Scrambling Males by Deceptive Predators, Parasitoids, and Plants -- 8.The Dangers of Scrambling Toward Cannibalistic Females -- 9.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Supplementary data -- References -- 8.Communication in Animal Social Networks: A Missing Link? / Marc Naguib -- 1.Introduction -- 2.A Brief Overview of Animal Networks -- 3.How Signaling Reflects Social Networks -- 4.How Signaling Affects Proximity Networks -- 5.Consequences for Social Networks When Signals Do Not Get Their Message Across -- 6.Conclusions and Future Directions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 9.The Self-organization of Social Complexity in Group-Living Animals: Lessons From the DomWorld Model / Ivan Puga-Gonzalez -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Competitive Interactions in Groups -- 3.The Sexes -- 4.Dominance and Cognition -- 5.Personality and Dominance -- 6.Affiliative and Competitive Interactions in Groups -- 7.Self-organized Coalitions -- 8.Self-organized Patterns of Contra-support -- 9.Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgments.
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9780128121214
0128121211
9780128121726 (e-book)
0128121726
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
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