Cognitive ecology II /
Dukas, Reuven.
Ratcliffe, John M.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning: ultimate and proximate mechanisms. Learning: mechanisms, ecology, and evolution / Reuven Dukas. Introduction ; What is learning? ; Why learn? ; Who learns? ; What do animals learn? ; Is learning important? ; Prospects -- The how and why of structural plasticity in the adult honeybee brain / Susan E. Fahrbach & Scott Dobrin. Introduction ; The honeybee as a model for the study of neural plasticity ; Mushroom bodies: neuroanatomy ; How does foraging experience change the structure of the honeybee mushroom bodies? ; What is the function of the honeybee mushroom bodies? ; Why are the mushroom bodies larger in experienced foragers? ; Studies of experience-dependent plasticity in the mushroom bodies of other insects ; Specific future directions -- Avian cognition: memory, song, and innovation. More on the cognitive ecology of song communication and song learning in the song sparrow / Michael D. Beecher & John M. Burt. Introduction ; Background ; Song learning in the field ; Communication by song in male-male interactions ; Social eavesdropping hypothesis ; Discussion ; Summary -- Consequences of brain development for sexual signaling in songbirds / William A. Searcy & Stephen Nowicki. Introduction ; The song system ; Female preferences for song attributes ; Experimental tests of the developmental stress hypothesis ; Effects of developmental stress on phenotypic quality ; Conclusions and prospects -- Development of spatial memory and the hippocampus under nutritional stress: adaptive priorities or developmental constraints in brain development? / Vladimir V. Pravosudov. Introduction ; Spatial memory and the hippocampus in birds ; Nutritional deficits during posthatching development, spatial memory, and the hippocampus in western scrub jays ; Nutritional deficits during postnatal development and the hippocampus in mammals ; Hippocampus and song nuclei in birds ; Does lack of nutrition directly cause changes in the brain? ; Stem cells ; Conclusions -- The cognitive-buffer hypothesis for the evolution of large brains / Daniel Sol. Introduction ; Assumptions of the cognitive-buffer hypothesis ; Predictions of the cognitive-buffer hypothesis ; Synthesis ; Avenues for future research ; Summary -- Decision making: mate choice and predator-prey interactions. Cognitive mate choice / Michael J. Ryan, Karin L. Akre, & Mark Kirkpatrick. Introduction ; Detection and perception ; Evaluation and decision ; Conclusions and future directions -- Monogamous brains and alternative tactics: neuronal ViaR, space use, and sexual infidelity among male prairie voles / Steven M. Phelps & Alexander G. Ophir. Introduction ; Reproductive decisions, space use, and mating tactics ; Neural substrates of alternative tactics ; Microsatellite polymorphisms and phenotypic diversity ; Monogamy and cognitive ecology reconsidered -- Assessing risk: embryos, information, and escape hatching / Karen M. Warkentin & Michael S. Caldwell. Introduction ; Cognitive strategies to assess risk using nonstereotyped cues ; Adaptive responses of embryos in heterogeneous environments ; Hatching decisions: information use by red-eyed treefrog embryos ; Conclusions and future directions -- Predator-prey interaction in an auditory world / John M. Ratcliffe. Of bats and moths and coevolution ; Sensory ecology and behavioral flexibility of predatory bats ; Neuroethology of auditory-evoked defenses in noctuoid moths ; Bat detection and the primary and secondary defenses of moths ; Summary and conclusions -- Cognition and sociality. What do functionally referential alarm calls refer to? / Marta B. Manser. Introduction ; Meerkat alarm calls ; What do functionally referential alarm calls refer to? ; Why are some alarm calls considered functionally referential and not others? ; Can functionally referential calls be explained by emotional expression of the signaler? ; Conclusions ; Summary -- Adaptive trade-offs in the use of social and personal information / Rachel L. Kendal, Isabelle Coolen, & Kevin N. Laland . Introduction ; "When" strategies ; "Who" strategies ; Evolutionary implications ; Summary and future directions -- The 3E's approach to social information use in birds: ecology, ethology, and evolutionary history / Ira G. Federspiel, Nicola S. Clayton, & Nathan J. Emery. Introduction ; Case studies ; Conclusions -- Prospects / Reuven Dukas & John M. Ratcliffe.
Cognition in animals.
Animal ecology.
Animal behavior