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The Behavior of Animals

An updated view of animal behavior studies, featuring global experts

The Behavior of Animals, Second Edition provides a broad overview of the current state of animal behavior studies with contributions from international experts. This edition includes new chapters on hormones and behavior, individuality, and human evolution. All chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated, and are supported by color illustrations, informative callouts, and accessible presentation of technical information.

  • Provides an introduction to the study of animal behavior
  • Looks at an extensive scope of topics- from perception, motivation and emotion, biological rhythms, and animal learning to animal cognition, communication, mate choice, and individuality.
  • Explores the evolution of animal behavior including a critical evaluation of the assumption that human beings can be studied as if they were any other animal species.

  • Table of Contents

    List of Contributors vii

    Foreword xiii
    Robert A. Hinde

    Preface xvii

    1. The Study of Animal Behavior 1
    Johan J. Bolhuis, Luc-Alain Giraldeau, and Jerry A. Hogan

    2. Stimulus Perception 12
    Harald Burghagen and Jörg-Peter Ewert

    3. Motivation and Emotion 48
    Jerry A. Hogan

    4. Biological Rhythms and Behavior 78
    Ralph E. Mistlberger and Benjamin Rusak

    5. Brain and Behavior 111
    David F. Sherry

    6. Hormones and Behavior 136
    Jacques Balthazart and Gregory F. Ball

    7. Development of Behavior 166
    Johan J. Bolhuis

    8. Learning and Memory 197
    Kimberly Kirkpatrick and Geoffrey Hall

    9. Animal Cognition 223
    Jerry A. Hogan

    10. Applied Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare 251
    David Fraser and Daniel M. Weary

    11. The Function of Behavior 281
    Luc-Alain Giraldeau and Jerry A. Hogan

    12. Mate Choice, Mating Systems, and Sexual Selection 315
    Anders Pape Møller

    13. Animal Personality, the Study of Individual Behavioral Differences 342
    Denis Réale and Pierre-Olivier Montiglio

    14. Animal Communication 367
    William A. Searcy and Stephen Nowicki

    15. Evolution of Behavior 397
    Michael J. Ryan

    16. The Evolution of Hominin Behavior 427
    Ian Tattersall

    17. Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behavior 456
    Gillian R. Brown, Catharine P. Cross, and Kevin N. Laland

    Name Index 489

    Subject Index 500

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 09/12/2021
      ISBN13: 9781119109501, 978-1119109501
      ISBN10: 1119109507

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Behavior of Animals

      An updated view of animal behavior studies, featuring global experts

      The Behavior of Animals, Second Edition provides a broad overview of the current state of animal behavior studies with contributions from international experts. This edition includes new chapters on hormones and behavior, individuality, and human evolution. All chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated, and are supported by color illustrations, informative callouts, and accessible presentation of technical information.

      • Provides an introduction to the study of animal behavior
      • Looks at an extensive scope of topics- from perception, motivation and emotion, biological rhythms, and animal learning to animal cognition, communication, mate choice, and individuality.
      • Explores the evolution of animal behavior including a critical evaluation of the assumption that human beings can be studied as if they were any other animal species.

      • Table of Contents

        List of Contributors vii

        Foreword xiii
        Robert A. Hinde

        Preface xvii

        1. The Study of Animal Behavior 1
        Johan J. Bolhuis, Luc-Alain Giraldeau, and Jerry A. Hogan

        2. Stimulus Perception 12
        Harald Burghagen and Jörg-Peter Ewert

        3. Motivation and Emotion 48
        Jerry A. Hogan

        4. Biological Rhythms and Behavior 78
        Ralph E. Mistlberger and Benjamin Rusak

        5. Brain and Behavior 111
        David F. Sherry

        6. Hormones and Behavior 136
        Jacques Balthazart and Gregory F. Ball

        7. Development of Behavior 166
        Johan J. Bolhuis

        8. Learning and Memory 197
        Kimberly Kirkpatrick and Geoffrey Hall

        9. Animal Cognition 223
        Jerry A. Hogan

        10. Applied Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare 251
        David Fraser and Daniel M. Weary

        11. The Function of Behavior 281
        Luc-Alain Giraldeau and Jerry A. Hogan

        12. Mate Choice, Mating Systems, and Sexual Selection 315
        Anders Pape Møller

        13. Animal Personality, the Study of Individual Behavioral Differences 342
        Denis Réale and Pierre-Olivier Montiglio

        14. Animal Communication 367
        William A. Searcy and Stephen Nowicki

        15. Evolution of Behavior 397
        Michael J. Ryan

        16. The Evolution of Hominin Behavior 427
        Ian Tattersall

        17. Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behavior 456
        Gillian R. Brown, Catharine P. Cross, and Kevin N. Laland

        Name Index 489

        Subject Index 500

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