Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 26

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Academic Press, Apr 18, 1997 - Science - 484 pages
Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Sexual Selection in Seaweed Flies
1
Chapter 2 Vocal Learning in Mammals
59
Chapter 3 Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology of Primates and Other Animals
101
Chapter 4 How to Avoid Seven Deadly Sins in the Study of Behavior
159
Patterns Causes and Consequences
181
Using Animal Models to Understand Forgetting
251
Chapter 7 Regulation of Age Polyethism in Bees and Wasps by Juvenile Hormone
285
The Roles of Natural and Sexual Selection in the Evolution of Cryptic Species
317
An Integrated Ethological Approach
355
Chapter 10 Representation of Quantities by Apes
435
Index
463
Contents of Previous Volumes
481
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Dr. Peter Slater is a Kennedy Professor of Natural History at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland. He is a former Editor of the journal Animal Behaviour and past President of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. He received the Association's medal in 1999. His research interests are in vocal communication, with emphasis on the development and organization of song in birds.

Charles T. Snowdon is a Hilldale Professor of Psychology and Zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Currently editor of the Journal of Comparative Psychology, he was previously North American Editor of Animal Behaviour and has served as President of the Animal Behavior Society. He has held a Research Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health since 1977. His research interests are in vocal and chemical communication, reproductive behavioral biology, parental care and infant development in cooperatively breeding primates. His students and collaborators work in both captive and field settings.

Dr. Jay S. Rosenblatt is the Daniel S. Lehrman Professor of Psychobiology in the Psychology Department of Rutgers University-Newark Campus, Newark, NJ. He is an Associate of the Animal Behavior Society and the American Psychological Association and has received honorary doctoral degrees from Göteborg University in Sweden and National University of Education at a Distance, Madrid. His interests include the study of parental behavior and behavioral development among animals.

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