Evolution of animal behavior : paleontological and field approaches /

This volume highlights current research in the field of animal behavior, with an emphasis on evolutionary perspectives. The contributors represent paleontological, field, and experimental approaches. They focus on a series of studies that confront wide-ranging issues, including sexual selection, mat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Field Museum of Natural History, Spring Systematics Symposium
Otros Autores: Nitecki, Matthew H., Kitchell, Jennifer A.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Temas:
Animal behavior > Evolution > Congresses.
Behavior evolution.
Animaux > Mœurs et comportement > Évolution > Congrès.
Évolution du comportement.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Animal behavior > Evolution
Behavior evolution
Ethologie.
Evolutie.
Paleontologie.
Animals > Behaviour > Evolution
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Evolution and Behavior; I: HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO THE EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR; 1. Homology, Analogy, and the Evolution of Behavior; 2. Social and Unsocial Behavior in Dinosaurs; 3. Evolution of Behavior as Expressed in Marine Trace Fossils; 4. The Evolution of Predator-Prey Behavior: Naticid Gastropods and Their Molluscan Prey; II: FIELD AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO THE EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR; 5. Relative Parental Contribution of the Sexes to Their Offspring and the Operation of Sexual Selection; 6. Demographic Routes to Cooperative Breeding in Some New World Jays.

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