Evolutionary behavioral ecology /edited by David F. Westneat, Charles W. Fox.
Evolutionary behavioral ecology /edited by David F. Westneat, Charles W. Fox.
- New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 641 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Ingenious ideas : the history of behavioral ecology / Adaptation / Behavioral concepts of selection / What is fitness, and how do we measure it? / The genetic basis of behavior / Behavior as phenotypic plasticity / Evolution of behavior : phylogeny and the origin of present-day diversity / Decision theory / Information use and sensory ecology / Information processing : the ecology and evolution of cognitive abilities / Foraging theory / Managing risk : the perils of uncertainty / Predation risk and behavioral life history / Interacting phenotypes and indirect genetic effects / Contest behavior / Signaling / Behavior in groups / Altruism and cooperation / Evolution of complex societies / Sexual selection / Sexual selection in external fertilizers / Postcopulatory sexual selection / Sexual conflict / Mate choice / Alternative mating strategies / Parental care / Behavioral ecology and speciation / Genomic approaches to behavioral ecology and evolution / Decision making, environmental change, and population persistence / Behavioral syndromes / Evolution and human behavior / Tim R. Birkhead and Pat Monaghan -- Charles W. Fox and David F. Westneat -- Barry Sinervo and Ryan Calsbeek -- John Hunt and David Hodgson -- Kerry L. Shaw and Chris Wiley -- Cameron K. Ghalambor, Lisa M. Angeloni, and Scott P. Carroll -- Terry J. Ord and Emilia P. Martins -- Ronald Ydenberg -- Johanna Mappes and Martin Stevens -- Susan D. Healy and Candy Rowe -- Ian M. Hamilton -- Sasha R.X. Dall -- Peter Nonacs and Daniel T. Blumstein -- Jason B. Wolf and Allen J. Moore -- Mark Briffa and Lynne U. Sneddon -- Magnus Enquist, Peter L. Hurd, and Stefano Ghirlanda -- Ryan L. Earley and Lee Alan Dugatkin -- Andy Gardner, Ashleigh S. Griffin, and Stuart A. West -- David C. Queller and Joan E. Strassmann -- Michael D. Jennions and Hanna Kokko -- Don R. Levitan -- Scott Pitnick and David J. Hosken -- Claudia Fricke, Amanda Bretman, and Tracey Chapman -- Robert C. Brooks and Simon C. Griffith -- Stephen M. Shuster -- Charlotta Kvarnemo -- Howard D. Rundle and Janette W. Boughman -- Christina M. Grozinger -- Martin A. Schlaepfer, Paul W. Sherman, and Michael C. Runge -- Andrew Sih, Alison Bell, and J. Chadwick Johnson -- Debra Lieberman and Steven W. Gangestad.
Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology is intended to be used a text for graduate students and a sourcebook for professional scientists seeking an understanding of the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors. Chapters are written by an array of leading experts in the field, providing a core foundation, a history of conceptual developments, and fresh insight into the controversies and themes shaping the continuing development of the field. Essays on adaptation, selection, fitness, genetics, plasticity, and phylogeny as they pertain to behavior place the field in the broader context of ecology and evolution. These concepts, along with a diversity of theoretical approaches are applied to the evolution of behavior in a many contexts, from individual decision-making of solitary animals through to complex social interactions. Chapters integrate conceptual and theoretical approaches with recent empirical advances to understand the evolution of behavior, from foraging, dealing with risk, predator avoidance, and an array of social behaviors, including fighting and cooperation with conspecifics and conflict and cooperation between the sexes. Chapters also emphasize integrative and novel approaches to behavior, including cognitive ecology, personality, conservation biology, the links between behavior and evolution, the evolution of human social behavior, and ways in which modern genetic analyses can augment the study of behavior.
9780199715787
GBB000345 bnb
015452960 Uk
Animal behavior--Evolution.
Animal ecology.
Electronic Books.
QL751 / .E965 2010
Includes bibliographies and index.
Ingenious ideas : the history of behavioral ecology / Adaptation / Behavioral concepts of selection / What is fitness, and how do we measure it? / The genetic basis of behavior / Behavior as phenotypic plasticity / Evolution of behavior : phylogeny and the origin of present-day diversity / Decision theory / Information use and sensory ecology / Information processing : the ecology and evolution of cognitive abilities / Foraging theory / Managing risk : the perils of uncertainty / Predation risk and behavioral life history / Interacting phenotypes and indirect genetic effects / Contest behavior / Signaling / Behavior in groups / Altruism and cooperation / Evolution of complex societies / Sexual selection / Sexual selection in external fertilizers / Postcopulatory sexual selection / Sexual conflict / Mate choice / Alternative mating strategies / Parental care / Behavioral ecology and speciation / Genomic approaches to behavioral ecology and evolution / Decision making, environmental change, and population persistence / Behavioral syndromes / Evolution and human behavior / Tim R. Birkhead and Pat Monaghan -- Charles W. Fox and David F. Westneat -- Barry Sinervo and Ryan Calsbeek -- John Hunt and David Hodgson -- Kerry L. Shaw and Chris Wiley -- Cameron K. Ghalambor, Lisa M. Angeloni, and Scott P. Carroll -- Terry J. Ord and Emilia P. Martins -- Ronald Ydenberg -- Johanna Mappes and Martin Stevens -- Susan D. Healy and Candy Rowe -- Ian M. Hamilton -- Sasha R.X. Dall -- Peter Nonacs and Daniel T. Blumstein -- Jason B. Wolf and Allen J. Moore -- Mark Briffa and Lynne U. Sneddon -- Magnus Enquist, Peter L. Hurd, and Stefano Ghirlanda -- Ryan L. Earley and Lee Alan Dugatkin -- Andy Gardner, Ashleigh S. Griffin, and Stuart A. West -- David C. Queller and Joan E. Strassmann -- Michael D. Jennions and Hanna Kokko -- Don R. Levitan -- Scott Pitnick and David J. Hosken -- Claudia Fricke, Amanda Bretman, and Tracey Chapman -- Robert C. Brooks and Simon C. Griffith -- Stephen M. Shuster -- Charlotta Kvarnemo -- Howard D. Rundle and Janette W. Boughman -- Christina M. Grozinger -- Martin A. Schlaepfer, Paul W. Sherman, and Michael C. Runge -- Andrew Sih, Alison Bell, and J. Chadwick Johnson -- Debra Lieberman and Steven W. Gangestad.
Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology is intended to be used a text for graduate students and a sourcebook for professional scientists seeking an understanding of the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors. Chapters are written by an array of leading experts in the field, providing a core foundation, a history of conceptual developments, and fresh insight into the controversies and themes shaping the continuing development of the field. Essays on adaptation, selection, fitness, genetics, plasticity, and phylogeny as they pertain to behavior place the field in the broader context of ecology and evolution. These concepts, along with a diversity of theoretical approaches are applied to the evolution of behavior in a many contexts, from individual decision-making of solitary animals through to complex social interactions. Chapters integrate conceptual and theoretical approaches with recent empirical advances to understand the evolution of behavior, from foraging, dealing with risk, predator avoidance, and an array of social behaviors, including fighting and cooperation with conspecifics and conflict and cooperation between the sexes. Chapters also emphasize integrative and novel approaches to behavior, including cognitive ecology, personality, conservation biology, the links between behavior and evolution, the evolution of human social behavior, and ways in which modern genetic analyses can augment the study of behavior.
9780199715787
GBB000345 bnb
015452960 Uk
Animal behavior--Evolution.
Animal ecology.
Electronic Books.
QL751 / .E965 2010