Perspectives on Animal Behavior » (2nd Edition)

Judith Goodenough, from the Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts, has studied biological rhythms in creatures from planaria to finches to deer mice, and even in the green alga Chlamydomonas.

Betty McGuire is from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Her research focuses on parental behavior, reproduction, and ecology of small mammals, and she occasionally dabbles in work with larger domestic animals such as dogs and horses.

Elizabeth Jakob, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, studies the behavior of spiders, asking questions about their learning, perception, and interactions with conspecifics and with other species. She has carried out field projects in California, Mexico, Massachusetts, and Maine.

Perspectives on Animal Behavior introduces biologists and psychologists to the scientific reasoning and methodology in the field while also addressing development and mechanisms. Rather than just focusing on evolutionary behavior, the book presents a variety of different perspectives including genetics, neurological, learning, and behavioral ecology. The third edition walks them through experimentation and data analysis, which are critical in the field. It includes classical studies that form the foundation of this field but concentrates on more current work in order to present the thinking and experiments. Biologists and psychologists will then gain a modern understanding of animal behavior.

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New edition of a reference that presents a current, balanced, and integrated view of animal behavior by including information on both the mechanisms and the evolution of behavior as well as all major approaches to the field. Goodenough (biology, U. of Massachusetts) and Betty Mcguire (biological sciences, Smith College) present 19 chapters that discuss approaches to the study of animal behavior (genetic and physiological analysis, natural selection and ecological analysis, learning, and development); behavior of individual surviving in environment; and the behavior of groups<-->social behavior. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1 Introduction

2 History of the Study of Animal Behavior

3 Genetic Analysis of Behavior

4 Natural Selection and Behavior

5 Learning and Cognition

6 Physiological Analysis - Nerve Cells and Behavior

7 Physiological Analysis of Behavior - The Endocrine System

8 The Development of Behavior

9 Biological Clocks

10 Mechanisms of Orientation

11 The Ecology and Evolution of Spatial Distribution

12 Foraging Behavior

13 . Antipredator Behavior

14 Reproductive Behavior

15 Parental Care and Mating Systems

16 Communication: Channels and Functions

17 The Evolution of Communication

18 Conflict

19 Group Living, Altruism, and Cooperation