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Advances in the Study of Behavior. Volume 47 /
Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. This volume makes another important contribution to the development of the field by presenting theoretical ideas and research findings to profession...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waltham, MA :
Academic Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in the Study of Behavior; Advances in the Study of Behavior; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Reflections over 50Years; References; Animal Welfare and the Paradox of Animal Consciousness; 1. Introduction; 2. Animal Consciousness: The Heart of the Paradox; 2.1 Behaviorism Applies to Other People Too; 3. Human Emotions and Animals Emotions; 3.1 Physiological Indicators of Emotion; 3.2 Behavioral Components of Emotion; 3.2.1 Vacuum Behavior; 3.2.2 Rebound; 3.2.3 "Abnormal" Behavior; 3.2.4 The Animal's Point of View; 3.2.5 Cognitive Bias.
- 3.2.6 Expressions of the Emotions3.3 The Third Component of Emotion: Consciousness; 4. Definitions of Animal Welfare; 5. Conclusions; References; Social Network Analysis in Behavioral Ecology; 1. Introduction; 2. A Historical Perspective on the Study of Animal Social Structure; 2.1 Early Approaches; 2.2 Searching for a Conceptual Framework; 2.3 The Development of Sociometric Approaches in Primates; 2.4 The Study of Social Structure Embraces Nonprimates; 2.5 The Advent of Modern Social Network Analysis in Nonhuman Systems; 3. Social Network Analysis and Topics in Behavioral Ecology.
- 3.1 Social Learning and Culture3.1.1 Theoretical Models of Social Learning and Culture in Structured Populations; 3.1.2 Network-Based Diffusion Methods; 3.1.3 Transmission Dynamics Using Markov Chain Models; 3.2 Collective Movement and Decision-making; 3.2.1 Collective Motion in Nonnavigating Groups; 3.2.2 Collective Navigation; 3.2.3 Initiation of Group Movement and Group Decision-making; 3.3 Animal Personalities; 3.4 Cooperation; 4. Future Directions for Social Network Analysis in Behavioral Ecology; 4.1 Comparative Approaches; 4.2 Dynamic Networks; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments.
- FEAR, Spontaneity, and Artifact in Economic Escape Theory: A Review and Prospectus1. Introduction; 2. A Brief History of Economic Escape Theory; 3. Current Challenges to Economic Escape Theory; 4. Putative Biological Cause of the FID-AD Relationship: Costs Associated with Monitoring an Approaching Predator; 5. Is the Positive Relationship between FID and Its Constraining Variables Only a Mathematical Artifact?; 5.1 Constraint on FID Values by Alert and Starting Distances; 5.2 Methodological Issues.