Advances in the Study of Behavior
Contributors: Rosenblatt, Jay S.; Snowdon, Charles T.; Roper, Timothy J.; Brockmann, H. Jane; Naguib, Marc
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9780080490151
Description: The aim of Advances in the Study of Behavior is to serve scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior, including psychologists, neuroscientists, biologists, ethologists, pharmacologists, endocrinologists, ecologists, and geneticists. Articles in the series present critical reviews of significant research programs with theoretical syntheses, reformulation of persistent problems, and/or highlighting new and exciting research concepts. Volume 34 is purely eclectic and illustrates the breadth of behavior research. Contents include sexual conflict among insects, the evolution of sexual cannib.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Advances in the Study of Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Reproductive Conflict in Insect Societies; Chapter 2. Game Structures in Mutualistic Interactions: What Can the Evidence Tell Us About the Kind of Models We Need?; Chapter 3. Neurobehavioral Development of Infant Learning and Memory: Implications for Infant Attachment; Chapter 4. Evolutionary Significance of Sexual Cannibalism; Chapter 5. Social Modulation of Androgens in Vertebrates: Mechanisms and Function.