Phylogenies and the Comparative Method in Animal Behaviour

"Should prove insightful for anyone studying animal behavior, behavioral ecology, neuroethology, sociobiology, and for biologists in general."--BIOSIS"That it is crucial reading and should be owned by every ethologist interested in comparing the behavior of different taxa goes without saying. But it should also be read by any other '-ologist' who believes that, when applied appropriately, thinking phylogenetically is a crucial component of modern organismal biology."--Northwest Science"Should prove insightful for anyone studying animal behavior, behavioral ecology, neuroethology, sociobiology, and for biologists in general."--BIOSIS

• 1. Phylogenetics in behavior ; 2. The statistical analysis of interspecific data ; 3. How to study comparative methods for discrete characters ; 4. The mechanistic bases of behavioral evolution ; 5. Geographic variation in behavior ; 6. Phylogenetic liability and rates of phenotypic evolution ; 7. Comparing behavioral and morphological characters as indicators of phylogeny ; 8. The phylogenetic content of avian courtship display and song evolution ; 9. Comparative analysis of the origins and losses of eusociality ; 10. Using comparative approaches to integrate behavior and population biology ; 11. Phylogenetic interpretations of primate socioecology ; 12. Using cladistic analysis of comparative data to reconstruct the evolution of cognitive development in hominids