Evolution of Animal Behaviour

Paleontological and Field Approaches

AvMatthew H. Nitecki,Jennifer A. Kitchell

Inbunden, Engelska, 1986

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Beskrivning

This symposium volume highlights current research in the general field of animal behaviour. The contributors have focused on a series of studies confronting wide-ranging issues: sexual selection and mate choice; differential parental investment; apparent altruism and cooperative behaviour; and the relevance of phylogenetic constraints and historical information. The volume will appeal to evolutionary biologists, behavioural ecologists, palaeontologists, and systematic zoologists, as well as graduate students in these areas.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1986-11-06
Mått:160 x 243 x 17 mm
Vikt:491 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195040067

Utforska kategorier

Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Djurböcker inom Djur och Natur
Djurens beteende inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

'This is a valuable book that contains a good blend of topics.' Animal Behaviour

Innehållsförteckning

INTRODUCTION; Jennifer A Kitchell & Matthew H Nitecki: Evolution and behaviour; HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO THE EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOUR: George V Lauder: Homology, analogy, and the evolution of behaviour; John H Ostrom-Peabody: Social and unsocial behaviour in dinosaurs; Adolf Seilacher: Evolution of behaviour as expressed in marine trace fossils; Jennifer A Kitchell: The evolution of predator-prey behaviour: Naticid gastropods and their molluscan prey; FIELD AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO THE EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOUR: Randy Thornhill: Relative parental contribution of the sexes to their offspring and the operation of sexual selection; John W Fitzpatrick & Glen E Woolfenden: Demographic routes to cooperative breeding in some New World jays; Jean Altmann: Parent-offspring interactions in Arthropoid Primates: an evolutionary perspective; Index.