Behavioral Flexibility in Primates [electronic resource] : Causes and Consequences /
Jones, Clara.author.
Aims to advance the conceptual unification of primatology and the other evolutionary sciences, by addressing the evolution of behavioral flexibility in the Primate Order. This volume explores the behavioral ecology and evolution of behavioral flexibility in primates in relation to the optimization of survival.
Description based upon print version of record.
Aims to advance the conceptual unification of primatology and the other evolutionary sciences, by addressing the evolution of behavioral flexibility in the Primate Order. This volume explores the behavioral ecology and evolution of behavioral flexibility in primates in relation to the optimization of survival.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-179) and index.
to Intraindividual Variation of Primate Behavior -- The Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Flexibility to Inclusive Fitness: Dispersal as an Option in Heterogeneous Regimes -- Primate Signatures and Behavioral Flexibility in Heterogeneous Regimes -- Social Cognition and Behavioral Flexibility: Categorical Decision-Making as a Primate Signature -- Female Primates as “Energy-Maximizers” in Heterogeneous Regimes -- Male Primates: “Time-Minimizers” in Heterogeneous Regimes -- Intersexual Interactions in Heterogeneous Regimes: Potential Effects of Antagonistic Coevolution in Primate Groups -- Sociosexual Organization and the Expression of Behavioral Flexibility -- Behavioral Flexibility: Interpretations and Prospects.
Zoology.
Neurobiology.
Behavioral sciences.
Animal ecology.
Developmental biology.
Evolutionary biology.
Zoology.
Neurobiology.
Behavioral Sciences.
Animal Ecology.
Developmental Biology.
Evolutionary Biology.