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and early crown amniotes 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The lissamphibian stem-group (Temnospondyli) 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Edopoidea 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 Dendrerpeton and Balanerpeton 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 Dvinosauria 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.4 Dissorophoidea and Zatracheidae 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.5 Eryopoidea 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.6 Stereospondyli 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Albanerpetontidae 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Lissamphibia 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.1 Lissamphibian characters 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.2 Batrachia 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.2.1 Anura (frogs and toads) 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.2.2 Caudata (salamanders) 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.2.3 Gymnophiona (caecilians) 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Amphibian Life Through Time 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 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The focus on the rhetoric of experimental method permits a series of clear and incisive comments on how the scientific community—as it grew into a profession—established, enforced, and renegotiated its standards for experimental practice. Schickore serves up lucid prose while nimbly balancing several layers of argument. Although it will be most valuable to those with some field-specific preparation, the book serves as an effective tool for introducing graduate students or advanced undergraduates to major issues in the field, as well as for motivating expansions and responses from practicing researchers. Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAbout Method\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to rescue methodology from Feyerabend’s more radical views by showing that, while scientific methodologies change, they play a crucial role in directing the practice of science. Her examples are informative and are firmly grounded in their historical contexts.” * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\"Jutta Schickore's \u003ci\u003eAbout Method\u003c\/i\u003e . . .  has the potential to change our conception of scientists’ methodological statements drastically. . . . . Schickore recovers scientific methodology as a topic of interest and breaks fresh ground in several ways. . . . About Method puts methods discourse back on the agenda and provides a framework that will be helpful to all historians and philosophers interested in the practical and experimental aspects of science.\"\u003cbr\u003e   * Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"A book that quietly challenges whatever hopes we might have for finding the one true scientific method, while loudly showing us how intricate and creative diverse experimental methodologies have always been. . . . Schickore provides an invaluable tool for researchers and students of history and philosophy of science . . . . \u003ci\u003eAbout Method\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful example of long-term microhistories having a long-lasting philosophical payoff—including an increasing acceptance that we might never actually reach our supposedly beloved scientific method, because the experimental situations are forever too complex to be completely controlled.\" * HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science *\u003cbr\u003e\"It surveys a three-century span not to tell a comprehensive history of venom research, but to intricately contextualise the shifting ways in which modern scientists have committed publicly and procedurally to experimental method. The focus on Atlantic world investigators necessarily side-lines scholarship on venom research in Asia, India, Australia and Africa, while Schickore’s engagement with the ethics and heuristics of vivisection is restrained rather than foregrounded. The book also treads a fine analytical line between the elaborate specifics of laboratory praxis and the literary technologies and witnessing procedures articulated by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer in their seminal work . Yet, written in a pleasant and at times jocular style, Schickore’s text sustains an intellectual rigour and precision throughout. In asking fundamental questions about what experimenters believed they were doing, its interpretive value for scholars across the biomedical and human sciences is undoubted.\" * History of the Human Sciences *\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent . . . . A very welcome addition to the recent literature on the history and philosophy of experiment.\" * Metascience *\u003cbr\u003e“Schickore entices us to be interested in snake venom and then shows how researchers worked their way to answers that made sense in their different circumstances. The process of uncovering what made snake venom poisonous did not follow a straight line that culminates in our superior knowledge today. She follows the complex steps forward, sideways, and sometimes backward to show how scientific understanding emerged and evolved within the complex contexts of the time. Whether about Fontana, Weir Mitchell, or recent protein studies, Schickore’s discussions ring true to her sources while also drawing out larger lessons from history and discussion of methodological and epistemological approaches to the fascinating nature of snake bites.” * Jane Maienschein, Arizona State University *\u003cbr\u003e“Who would have thought that a book on the history of snake venom research could yield so many interesting and important insights? One of Schickore’s great strengths is her nose for good problems and for sources relevant to them. She has an uncanny ability to probe the seemingly barren landscape of neglected developments and minor historical figures—and to find gold. Her new book adds much evidence to the claim that the detailed epistemology of modern science has arisen out of scientific work itself, in the various disciplines, rather than from grand methodological theories such as inductivism. No one has done more than Schickore to demonstrate the value of an integrated history and philosophy of science.” * Thomas Nickles, emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno *\u003cbr\u003e“Following \u003ci\u003eThe Microscope and the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, Schickore has produced another sophisticated treatise giving a fully historicized view of scientific knowledge and scientific methodology as dynamically evolving entities. She weaves together history, philosophy, and science into a coherent and pleasing tapestry. Her choice of subject matter in \u003ci\u003eAbout Method\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a testament to her sharp eye for a phase of the history of science that reveals easily overlooked aspects of practice and effectively exposes the blind spots in standard philosophical discourse. Under her deft treatment, the long and complicated history of research on snake venom emerges not only as a fascinating episode in its own right but also as a rich source of insights for a new general framework for philosophical thinking on scientific methodology. Schickore’s historical reflections also have plenty of pertinence to current methodological debates in science, such as the ongoing ‘replication crisis’ in biology and psychology.” * Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: “A matter so obscure, so difficult, and likewise so new . . .”\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Argument, Narrative, and Methods Discourse\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Many, Many Experiments\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Trying Again\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Newtonian Poison: A Mechanical Account of Viper Venom\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Experiment as the Only Guide\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Thousands of Experiments\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Practical Criticisms\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Controlling Experiment\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Unobservables\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Fragmentation and Modularity: Notes on Crotoxin\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: About MethodsAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400110285143,"sku":"9780226759890","price":30.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226759890.jpg?v=1730469755"},{"product_id":"flying-dinosaurs-how-fearsome-reptiles-became-birds-9780231171786","title":"Flying Dinosaurs How Fearsome Reptiles Became","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent fossil discoveries prove dinosaurs didn’t die out after al--instead, they turned into birds, opening up thrilling new possibilities in our knowledge of the prehistoric world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Flying Dinosaurs John Pickrell challenges everything you were told about dinosaurs as a child... 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Status\u003cbr\u003e Classification and Nomenclature\u003cbr\u003e A List of Rattlesnake Species and Subspecies\u003cbr\u003e Venomous Snakes in the United States Other than Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Confusion Regarding Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Distinguishing Venomous from Harmless Snakes\u003cbr\u003e The Use of Common Names\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Morphology\u003cbr\u003e Length\u003cbr\u003e Body Proportions\u003cbr\u003e Bulk\u003cbr\u003e Head and Tail Dimensions\u003cbr\u003e Squamation\u003cbr\u003e Color and Pattern\u003cbr\u003e Freaks and Aberrants\u003cbr\u003e Two-Headed Snakes\u003cbr\u003e Defective Young\u003cbr\u003e Albinism\u003cbr\u003e Melanism\u003cbr\u003e Hybrids\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Rattle\u003cbr\u003e Function and Utilization\u003cbr\u003e The Function of the Rattle\u003cbr\u003e Conditions of Use\u003cbr\u003e Rattle Nomenclature\u003cbr\u003e The Character of the Sound\u003cbr\u003e Method of Vibration and the Production of Sound\u003cbr\u003e Speed of Vibration\u003cbr\u003e Formation and Length\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Rattle Formation\u003cbr\u003e Rattle-String Length\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bodily Functions\u003cbr\u003e Life Persistence and Frailty\u003cbr\u003e Longevity\u003cbr\u003e Skin Shedding\u003cbr\u003e The Shedding Operation\u003cbr\u003e Effect of Shedding on Sight\u003cbr\u003e Water Requirements during Shedding\u003cbr\u003e The Season of Shedding\u003cbr\u003e Shedding Frequency\u003cbr\u003e Locomotion\u003cbr\u003e Horizontal Undulatory Progression\u003cbr\u003e Rectilinear Progression\u003cbr\u003e Sidewinding\u003cbr\u003e Concertina Progression\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnake Speed\u003cbr\u003e Misunderstood Features of Crawling\u003cbr\u003e Snake-Tracks\u003cbr\u003e Senses\u003cbr\u003e Sight and the Eye\u003cbr\u003e Hearing\u003cbr\u003e The Tongue and Sense of Smell\u003cbr\u003e The Facial Pits\u003cbr\u003e Touch\u003cbr\u003e Distant Detection\u003cbr\u003e Aggregation and Sex Recognition\u003cbr\u003e Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5.Behavior\u003cbr\u003e Physiological Temperature Limitations\u003cbr\u003e Maximum Temperature Limits\u003cbr\u003e Minimum Temperature Limits\u003cbr\u003e Optimum Temperature Range\u003cbr\u003e Temporal Variations in Habits\u003cbr\u003e Seasonal Variations in Activity\u003cbr\u003e Effects of Reproductive Cycle on Seasonal Activity\u003cbr\u003e Denning Dates and the Risk of Immobility\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnakes as Weather Indicators\u003cbr\u003e Summer Migrations and Estivation\u003cbr\u003e Effects of Humidity\u003cbr\u003e Diurnal Variations in Activity\u003cbr\u003e The Basking Range\u003cbr\u003e Other Temperature-Control Expedients\u003cbr\u003e Defensive and Warning Behavior\u003cbr\u003e Disposition and Temperament\u003cbr\u003e Protective Coloration and Concealment\u003cbr\u003e Flight\u003cbr\u003e Defensive Attacks\u003cbr\u003e Warning Mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e Mythical Defensive Actions\u003cbr\u003e Distinguishing the Resting from the Striking Coil\u003cbr\u003e The Strike\u003cbr\u003e Climbing Proclivities\u003cbr\u003e Swimming Ability\u003cbr\u003e How the Rattles are Held\u003cbr\u003e Actions in the Water\u003cbr\u003e Tales of Swimming Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Danger from Swimming Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Populations and Ecology\u003cbr\u003e The Importance of Ecological Factors\u003cbr\u003e Ranges\u003cbr\u003e Range Limits\u003cbr\u003e Altitudinal Range\u003cbr\u003e Island Habitats\u003cbr\u003e Population Factors\u003cbr\u003e Population Densities\u003cbr\u003e Effect of Dens on Population Estimates\u003cbr\u003e Rarity of Particular Species\u003cbr\u003e Population Trends\u003cbr\u003e Proportion of Rattlesnakes in Snake Populations\u003cbr\u003e Composite Populations\u003cbr\u003e Hibernating Dens and Their Uses\u003cbr\u003e Physical Character of Dens\u003cbr\u003e Den Populations\u003cbr\u003e Persistence of Dens\u003cbr\u003e Spacing of Dens\u003cbr\u003e Life at the Dens\u003cbr\u003e Animals that Hibernate with Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Aggregation and Dispersal\u003cbr\u003e Advantages of Aggregation\u003cbr\u003e Summer Ranges and Territoriality\u003cbr\u003e Accidental Dispersal. Migration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Food\u003cbr\u003e Kinds of Food\u003cbr\u003e Mammals\u003cbr\u003e Birds and Eggs\u003cbr\u003e Reptiles\u003cbr\u003e Amphibians and Fishes\u003cbr\u003e Arthropods\u003cbr\u003e Vegetable and Mineral Foods\u003cbr\u003e Methods of Securing Prey\u003cbr\u003e Variability in the Effect of a Bite\u003cbr\u003e Differences in Dealing with Prey\u003cbr\u003e Constriction\u003cbr\u003e Method of Swallowing\u003cbr\u003e Disgorging Prey\u003cbr\u003e Fatal Meals\u003cbr\u003e Reactions of Prey\u003cbr\u003e Food Requirements\u003cbr\u003e Frequency of Feeding\u003cbr\u003e Multiple Meals\u003cbr\u003e Water Requirements\u003cbr\u003e Feeding Rattlesnakes in Captivity\u003cbr\u003e Effects of Conditions of Captivity\u003cbr\u003e Dead Food\u003cbr\u003e Methods of Feeding\u003cbr\u003e Frequency of Feeding\u003cbr\u003e Seasonal Effects\u003cbr\u003e Individual and Species Differences\u003cbr\u003e Reactions of Prey\u003cbr\u003e Long Fasts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reproduction\u003cbr\u003e Sexual Characteristics\u003cbr\u003e Methods of Determining Sex- Tail-Length Differences\u003cbr\u003e Male Organs\u003cbr\u003e Sexual Activities\u003cbr\u003e Birth\u003cbr\u003e Traveling in Pairs\u003cbr\u003e The Male Combat \"Dance\"\u003cbr\u003e Courtship and Mating Pattern\u003cbr\u003e Young Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Congenital Defects\u003cbr\u003e Young per Brood\u003cbr\u003e Maternal Protection and Association\u003cbr\u003e Activities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Poison Apparatus\u003cbr\u003e The Biting Mechanism\u003cbr\u003e Venom\u003cbr\u003e Manual Venom Extraction\u003cbr\u003e Toxicity\u003cbr\u003e Venom Utilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10.The Bite and Its Effects\u003cbr\u003e The Nature of the Bite\u003cbr\u003e Bite or Stahl\u003cbr\u003e Bite Patterns\u003cbr\u003e Actions after a Strike\u003cbr\u003e The Snake-Bite Hazard\u003cbr\u003e Snake Bite Statistics\u003cbr\u003e Fatalities from Rattlesnake Bite in the United States\u003cbr\u003e Proportion of Rattlesnake Cases Ending Fatally\u003cbr\u003e Variable Factors in Snake-Bite Cases\u003cbr\u003e Illegitimate Bites\u003cbr\u003e Temporal Variables in Snake-Bite Cases\u003cbr\u003e Seasonal and Climatic Effects on the\u003cbr\u003e Gravity of Snake Bite\u003cbr\u003e Symptoms and Aftereffects\u003cbr\u003e Discussion of Symptoms by Categories\u003cbr\u003e Symptomatic Case Reports by Species\u003cbr\u003e Case Duration\u003cbr\u003e Causes of Fatalities\u003cbr\u003e The Symptoms of Crotalus durissus Bite\u003cbr\u003e Infection in Rattlesnake Bite\u003cbr\u003e Permanent Aftereffects\u003cbr\u003e Effect of Venom on the Eyes and Other Organs\u003cbr\u003e The Recurrence of Snake-Bite Symptoms\u003cbr\u003e Susceptibility, Resistance, and Immunity\u003cbr\u003e to Rattlesnake Venom\u003cbr\u003e Immunity to Snake Bite in Man\u003cbr\u003e Susceptibility of Domestic Animals\u003cbr\u003e Immunity in Mammals That Prey on Snakes\u003cbr\u003e Susceptibhility of Reptiles\u003cbr\u003e Effect of Rattlesnake Venom on Plants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11.Treatment and Prevention of the Bite\u003cbr\u003e The Treatments Proposed: Their History and Present Status\u003cbr\u003e Scarification, Incision, and Suction\u003cbr\u003e Excision or Amputation\u003cbr\u003e Cauterization\u003cbr\u003e The Tourniquet, Ligature, or Constriction Band\u003cbr\u003e freezing and Cold Packs\u003cbr\u003e Cures Derived from the Snake\u003cbr\u003e The Split-Chicken Treatment\u003cbr\u003e Milk\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous Animal Products\u003cbr\u003e Botanical Cures and Vegetable Products\u003cbr\u003e Oil and Fats\u003cbr\u003e Kerosene\u003cbr\u003e Inorganic Chemicals\u003cbr\u003e Mud or Earth Applications\u003cbr\u003e Snake Stones\u003cbr\u003e Narcotics and Stimulants\u003cbr\u003e Emetics and Purgatives\u003cbr\u003e Some New Drugs\u003cbr\u003e Veterinary Treatments\u003cbr\u003e Antivenin\u003cbr\u003e Preparation of Antivenin\u003cbr\u003e Specificity of Antivenins\u003cbr\u003e Use of Antivenin\u003cbr\u003e Recommended Treatment for Rattlesnake Bite\u003cbr\u003e The Prevention of Rattlesnake Bite\u003cbr\u003e How People Get Bitten; Example Incidents\u003cbr\u003e Lessons to Be Learned\u003cbr\u003e The Rattlesnake in the Blankets\u003cbr\u003e How Illegitimate Bites Happen\u003cbr\u003e Multiple Bites\u003cbr\u003e Human Attitudes toward Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Snake-Handling Cults\u003cbr\u003e Murder, Suicide, and War\u003cbr\u003e Protective Devices\u003cbr\u003e The Human fear of Snakes\u003cbr\u003e The Effect of the Rattlesnake Threat on People's Actions\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnakes and Domestic Animals\u003cbr\u003e Animal Fears of Snakes\u003cbr\u003e Stock Losses from Rattlesnake Bite\u003cbr\u003e Symptoms of Rattlesnake Bite in Animals\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnakes and Dogs, Coyotes, and Small Animals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. Control and Utilization\u003cbr\u003e Methods of Control\u003cbr\u003e Campaigns for Killing at Dens\u003cbr\u003e Traps\u003cbr\u003e Fences\u003cbr\u003e Gases and Poisons\u003cbr\u003e Encouragement of Competitive Predators and Enemies\u003cbr\u003e Elimination of Food Supply and Cover 237\u003cbr\u003e Bounties\u003cbr\u003e Fires\u003cbr\u003e Traffic Casualties\u003cbr\u003e Methods of Catching Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Tools and Equipment\u003cbr\u003e Collections of Preserved Snakes\u003cbr\u003e Shipping Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Commercial Utilization of Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e and Their By-Products\u003cbr\u003e The Live-Snake Market\u003cbr\u003e Snake Shows 2\u003cbr\u003e Venom\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnake Oil and Fat\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnake Flesh as Food\u003cbr\u003e Skin Products\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous Products\u003cbr\u003e Photographing Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13.Enemies of Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Mammal Enemies\u003cbr\u003e Bird Enemies\u003cbr\u003e Reptile and Amphibian Enemies\u003cbr\u003e King Snakes\u003cbr\u003e Other Snakes\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous Reptiles and Amphibians\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous Enemies\u003cbr\u003e Parasites and Diseases\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Indians and Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Religion, Superstition, and Folklore\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnake Protection and Appeasement\u003cbr\u003e Legends and Tales\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous Superstitions and Beliefs\u003cbr\u003e Dreams\u003cbr\u003e Protective Measures\u003cbr\u003e Repellents, Charms, and Taboos\u003cbr\u003e Immunization\u003cbr\u003e Societies and Ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e Dances and Exhibitions\u003cbr\u003e The Hopi Snake Dance\u003cbr\u003e Snake-Bite Treatment\u003cbr\u003e Plant Remedies\u003cbr\u003e Remedies Derived from the Snake\u003cbr\u003e Suction and Surgical Treatments\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous Cures\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnake Shamans and Ceremonial Cures\u003cbr\u003e Ceremonial Details\u003cbr\u003e Tribal Protection from Snake Bite\u003cbr\u003e Handling Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e Shamanistic Magic\u003cbr\u003e Shamanistic Fees\u003cbr\u003e Shamanistic Taboos\u003cbr\u003e Evil Shamans and Poisoners\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous Indian-Rattlesnake Relationships\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnakes as a Cause and Cure of Disease\u003cbr\u003e War Uses, Arrow Poisoning\u003cbr\u003e Art and Ornamentation\u003cbr\u003e Indian Field Knowledge of Rattlers\u003cbr\u003e Rattlesnakes as Food\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15. Post-Columbian Knowledge of Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. 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ENERGY SUPPLY AND DELIVERY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The metabolic engines: crocodylian biochemistry and metabolism\u003cbr\u003e Whole body metabolism (anaerobic and aerobic)\u003cbr\u003e The respiratory system\u003cbr\u003e The circulatory system\u003cb\u003e8. THE WORLD'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY HEART\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A tour of the crocodylian heart\u003cbr\u003e Non-shunting and shunting patterns of blood flow\u003cbr\u003e What is the significance of pulmonary by-pass shunting in crocodylians?\u003cb\u003e9. DIVING AND SUBMERGENCE BEHAVIOUR AND PHYSIOLOGY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When? Why? How deep? How, and how for so long?\u003cbr\u003e Diving behaviour of crocodylians in the wild\u003cbr\u003e Physiological support for crocodylian diving\u003cbr\u003e What are the longest submergences by crocodylians that can be supported aerobically?\u003cb\u003e10. THERMAL RELATIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: crocodylians are not like other reptiles\u003cbr\u003e Daily and seasonal patterns of body temperature\u003cbr\u003e Behaviours that modify body temperature\u003cbr\u003e Physiological mechanisms of thermoregulation\u003cbr\u003e Thermal acclimatization\u003cbr\u003e Crocodylians may have endothermic ancestry\u003cbr\u003e Could even the basal archosaurs have been endothermic?\u003cb\u003e11. SALT AND WATER BALANCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Salt and water balance in Crocodylus porosus: an introduction to crocodylian osmoregulation\u003cbr\u003e Salt and water balance in other crocodylians\u003cbr\u003e Living out of water, 'aestivation'\u003cbr\u003e Salt glands and implications for crocodylian evolutionary history\u003cb\u003e12. REPRODUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: they’re more like birds\u003cbr\u003e Oviducts, ovulation, fertilisation and the gravid stage\u003cb\u003e13. POPULATIONS AND POPULATION ECOLOGY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Populations (and species)\u003cbr\u003e Population dynamics: changes through time\u003cbr\u003e Case Histories\u003cb\u003e14. CONSERVATION, COMMERCIALISATION, AND CONFLICT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Historical perspective\u003cbr\u003e The future for crocodylians?\u003cb\u003eINDEX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405143843159,"sku":"9780801454103","price":108.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801454103.jpg?v=1730488868"},{"product_id":"crocodiles-9780851996561","title":"Crocodiles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a comprehensive reference work on the biology, management and health of crocodiles, alligators and gharials. 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Gecko Ecology\u003cbr\u003eWhere do geckos sleep?\u003cbr\u003eWhich geographic regions have the most species of geckos?\u003cbr\u003eDo geckos burrow?\u003cbr\u003eHow do geckos survive in the desert?\u003cbr\u003eHow do geckos survive the winter?\u003cbr\u003eDo geckos bask?\u003cbr\u003eWhat animals eat geckos?\u003cbr\u003eDo geckos get sick?\u003cbr\u003eHow can you tell that a gecko is sick?\u003cbr\u003e6. Reproduction and Development\u003cbr\u003eHow do geckos reproduce?\u003cbr\u003eHow can you tell the sex of a gecko?\u003cbr\u003eDo all geckos lay eggs?\u003cbr\u003eHow long do gecko eggs take to hatch?\u003cbr\u003eWhere do geckos lay their eggs?\u003cbr\u003eWhy do geckos lay hard-shelled eggs?\u003cbr\u003eDo geckos only lay eggs once a year?\u003cbr\u003eHow many babies do geckos have?\u003cbr\u003eHow is the sex of a baby gecko determined?\u003cbr\u003eAre some gecko species all female?\u003cbr\u003eDo geckos care for their young?\u003cbr\u003eHow fast do geckos grow?\u003cbr\u003eHow long do geckos live?\u003cbr\u003e7. 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Libraries in all universities and research establishments where biological sciences, fisheries and aquaculture are studied and taught will find it an important addition to their shelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With the inclusion of new aspects and the update of the content of the first edition this book is a must for all researchers in the field of fish behaviour and interaction.”  (\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Fish Biology\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Foreword xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Fish Cognition and Behaviour 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, Laland and Krause\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Contents of this book 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Learning of Foraging Skills by Fish 10\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarburton and Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Some factors affecting the learning process 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 Reinforcement 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 Drive 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3 Stimulus attractiveness 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.4 Exploration and sampling 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.5 Attention and simple association 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.6 Cognition 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.7 Memory systems and skill transfer 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Patch use and probability matching 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Performance 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Tracking environmental variation 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Competition 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Learning and fish feeding: some applications 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Conclusions 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Learned Defences and Counterdefences in Predator–Prey Interactions 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelley and Magurran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The predator–prey sequence 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Encounter 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1.1 Avoiding dangerous habitats 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1.2 Changing activity patterns 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Detection 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2.1 Crypsis 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2.2 Sensory perception 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 Recognition 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3.1 Associative learning 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3.2 Learning specificity 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3.3 Search images 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3.4 Aposematism and mimicry 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4 Approach 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4.1 Pursuit deterrence 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4.2 Gaining information about the predator 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4.3 Social learning 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4.4 Habituation 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.5 Evasion 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.5.1 Reactive distance and escape speed and trajectory 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.5.2 Survival benefits\/capture success 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Summary and discussion 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Learning about Danger: Chemical Alarm Cues and Threat-Sensitive Assessment of Predation Risk by Fishes 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, Ferrari and Chivers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Chemosensory cues as sources of information 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Learning, innate responses and neophobia 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Learned predator recognition through conditioning with alarm cues 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Variable predation risk and flexible learning 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.1 Assessing risk in time 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.2 Sensory complementation and threat-sensitive learning 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Generalisation of risk 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.1 Generalising of predator cues 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.2 Generalisation of non-predator cues 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Predator recognition continuum hypothesis 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.1 Ecological selection for innate versus learned recognition of predators 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.2 Ecological selection for generalised learning 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Retention: the forgotten component of learning 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Conservation, management and learning 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7.1 Conditioning predator recognition skills 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7.2 Anthropogenic constraints 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7.3 Field-based studies 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Conclusions 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Learning and Mate Choice 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitte and N\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eöbel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Sexual imprinting 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 Does sexual imprinting promote sympatric speciation in fishes? 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Learning after reaching maturity 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Eavesdropping 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 Eavesdropping and mate choice 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Benefits of eavesdropping 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.3 The audience effect 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Mate-choice copying 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.1 Mate-choice copying – first experimental evidence and consequence 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.2 Mate-choice copying – evidence from the wild 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.3 Mate-choice copying when living in sympatry or allopatry 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.4 Mate-choice copying – the role of the early environment 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.5 Quality of the model fish 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Social mate preferences overriding genetic preferences 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.1 Indications from guppies 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.2 Indications from sailfin mollies 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Cultural evolution through mate-choice copying 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Does mate-choice copying support the evolution of a novel male trait? 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8.1 Theoretical approaches 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8.2 Experimental approaches 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Is mate-choice copying an adaptive mate-choice strategy? 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9.1 Benefits of mate-choice copying 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9.2 Costs of mate-choice copying 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.10 Outlook 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.11 Conclusions 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Aggressive Behaviour in Fish: Integrating Information about Contest Costs 108\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHsu, Earley and Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Information about resource value 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Information about contest costs 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Assessing fighting ability 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Information from past contests 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2.1 Winner and loser effects 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2.2 Individual recognition 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2.3 Social eavesdropping 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Integrating different types of cost-related information 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Physiological mechanisms 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Conclusions and future directions 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Personality Traits and Behaviour 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBudaev and Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Observation and description of personality 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Current terminology 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.1 Shyness–boldness 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.2 Coping styles 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.3 Behavioural syndromes 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2 Objectivity 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3 Labelling personality traits; construct validity 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4 Objective and subjective measurements of personality 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.5 Modern terminology and statistical approaches 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Proximate causation 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Ontogeny and experience 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Is personality adaptive? 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.1 Frequency- and density-dependent selection 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.2 State-dependent models 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Evolution 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Wider implications 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7.1 Fish production and reproduction 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7.2 Personality and population dynamics 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Conclusions 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Role of Learning in Fish Orientation 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdling-Smee, Simpson and Braithwaite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Why keep track of location? 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 The use of learning and memory in orientation 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Learning about landmarks 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Compass orientation 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Water movements 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Inertial guidance and internal ‘clocks’ 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Social cues 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 How flexible is orientation behaviour? 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9.1 When to learn? 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9.2 What to learn? 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9.3 Spatial learning capacity 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Salmon homing – a case study 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.11 Conclusion 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Social Recognition of Conspecifics 186\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGriffiths and Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Recognition of familiars 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Laboratory studies of familiarity 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Mechanisms of familiarity recognition 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Functions of associating with familiar fish 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.4 Familiarity in free-ranging fishes 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.5 Determinants of familiarity 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Familiarity or kin recognition? 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1 Kin recognition theory 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.2 Evidence for kin recognition from laboratory studies 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.3 Advantages of kin discrimination 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.4 Kin association in the wild 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.5 Explaining the discrepancies between laboratory and field 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.6 Kin avoidance 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Conclusion 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Social Organisation and Information Transfer in Schooling Fish 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIoannou, Couzin, James, Croft and Krause\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Collective motion 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Emergent collective motion in the absence of external stimuli 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Response to internal state and external stimuli: Information processing within schools 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.1 Collective response to predators 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.2 Mechanisms and feedback in information transfer 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3 Information transfer during group foraging and migration 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Informational status, leadership and collective decision-making in fish schools 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 The structure of fish schools and populations 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Social networks and individual identities 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 Community structure in social networks 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.9 Conclusions and future directions 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Social Learning in Fishes 240\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown and Laland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Antipredator behaviour 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Migration and orientation 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Foraging 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Mate choice 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Aggression 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Trade-offs in reliance on social and asocial sources of information 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Concluding remarks 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Cooperation and Cognition in Fishes 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfieri and Dugatkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Why study cooperation in fishes? 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Cooperation and its categories 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1 Category 1 – kin selection 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1.1 Cognition and kin selection 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1.2 Example of kin selected cooperation: Cooperative breeding 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1.3 Example of kin selected cooperation: Conditional territory defence 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2 Category 2 – reciprocity 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2.1 Cognition and reciprocity 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2.2 Example of reciprocity: Egg trading 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2.3 Example of reciprocity: Predator inspection 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2.4 Example of reciprocity: Interspecific cleaning behaviour 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.3 Category 3 – by-product mutualism 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.3.1 Cognition and by-product mutualism 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.3.2 Example of by-product mutualism: Cooperative foraging 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.4 Category 4 – trait group selection 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.4.1 Cognition and trait group selection 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.4.2 Example of trait group selected cooperation: Predator inspection 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Conclusion 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Machiavellian Intelligence in Fishes 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