Animal behavior: an evolutionary approach

by Alcock, John

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Title Statements

Full title :Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach / John Alcock.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001.
Edition:7th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Sinauer Associates
Place of Publication:Sunderland, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 543 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0878930116, 9780878930111
oclc:ocn187537909
LC Classification:QL751
Dewey Decimal:591.5

1. An evolutionary approach to animal behavior: Questions about behavior -- Answering proximate and ultimate questions about behavior -- Darwinian theory and ultimate hypotheses -- Testing alternative hypotheses -- 2. Proximate and ultimate causes of behavior--how and why birds sing: Different songs--proximate causes -- Different songs--ultimate causes -- Proximate and ultimate causes are complementary -- 3. The development of behavior--a focus on heredity: The genetics of behavior -- The evolution of behavior -- Different selection pressures, different genes, different behaviors -- 4. The development of behavior--a focus on the environment: The interactive theory of development--hormones and behavior -- Experience and behavioral development -- Evolution and behavioral development.

5. The control of behavior--neural mechanisms: How neurons control behavior -- Adaptive proximate mechanisms of behavior -- 6. The organization of behavior--neurons and hormones: How neural command centers organize behavior -- Changing priorities in changing social environments -- 7. Adaptation and antipredator behavior: The meaning of adaptation -- The comparative method for testing adaptationist hypo…