Animal Contests

Author : Ian C. W. Hardy,Mark Briffa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521887106

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Animal Contests by Ian C. W. Hardy,Mark Briffa Pdf

Contests are an important aspect of the lives of diverse animals, from sea anemones competing for space on a rocky shore to fallow deer stags contending for access to females. Why do animals fight? What determines when fights stop and which contestant wins? Addressing fundamental questions on contest behaviour, this volume presents theoretical and empirical perspectives across a range of species. The historical development of contest research, the evolutionary theory of both dyadic and multiparty contests, and approaches to experimental design and data analysis are discussed in the first chapters. This is followed by reviews of research in key animal taxa, from the use of aerial displays and assessment rules in butterflies and the developmental biology of weapons in beetles, through to interstate warfare in humans. The final chapter considers future directions and applications of contest research, making this a comprehensive resource for both graduate students and researchers in the field.

Author : Ian C. W. Hardy,Mark Briffa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107244399

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Animal Contests by Ian C. W. Hardy,Mark Briffa Pdf

Contests are an important aspect of the lives of diverse animals, from sea anemones competing for space on a rocky shore to fallow deer stags contending for access to females. Why do animals fight? What determines when fights stop and which contestant wins? Addressing fundamental questions on contest behaviour, this volume presents theoretical and empirical perspectives across a range of species. The historical development of contest research, the evolutionary theory of both dyadic and multiparty contests, and approaches to experimental design and data analysis are discussed in the first chapters. This is followed by reviews of research in key animal taxa, from the use of aerial displays and assessment rules in butterflies and the developmental biology of weapons in beetles, through to interstate warfare in humans. The final chapter considers future directions and applications of contest research, making this a comprehensive resource for both graduate students and researchers in the field.

Author : John Calhoun Zajac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Behavior evolution
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005421057

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Game Theory, Two-player Animal Contests, Evolutionary Stable Strategies, and Evolution by John Calhoun Zajac Pdf

Author : Donald A. Dewsbury
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226144108

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Studying Animal Behavior by Donald A. Dewsbury Pdf

In these autobiographical essays by pioneers in the field of animal behavior, the authors discuss childhood, education, moments of discovery, and the attractions of the research that each pursued. The field of animal behavior has been interdisciplinary throughout its history, and the two psychologists and seventeen biologists in Donald Dewsbury's collection provide a fascinating assortment of backgrounds and interests. Chosen by a panel of seven distinguished animal behaviorists, the men whose essays are collected here include two Nobel Prize winners and one Pulitzer Prize winner. All provide unique accounts of the development of the field written by its original leading practitioners.

Author : A. Sarkar
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social behavior in animals
ISBN : 8171417477

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Social Behaviour In Animals by A. Sarkar Pdf

Contents: Group Living, First Voice, Cooperative Behaviour, Evolution of Social Behaviour, Social Behaviour in Women, Social Behaviour of Aquatic Animals, Social Behaviour in Wild Animals, Lekking in Fishes and Birds, Agonistic Behaviour, Population Behaviour.

Author : Robert Lloyd Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : UVA:X001391053

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Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating Systems by Robert Lloyd Smith Pdf

Sperm competition and the evolution of animal mating strategies; Male sperm competition avoidance mechanisms: the influence of female interests; Sperm in competition; Male mating effort, confidence of paternity, and insect sperm competition; ...

Author : Martin A. Bertman
Publisher : Humanities-Ebooks
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Philosophy of Sport by Martin A. Bertman Pdf

Introduction, Definition of Sport, Sub-Classes, Competition versus Rivalry: Greek Olympics and Roman Gladiators, Social Psychology, Aesthetic Psychology: Certainty, Identity, and Purpose, Sport as Symbol of Society and Character of Choice, Sport Ethics.

Author : Paul Joynson-Hicks,Tom Sullam
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781668024577

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Wild and Crazy by Paul Joynson-Hicks,Tom Sullam Pdf

"The funniest photographs of wildlife from around the world collected here in one ... book [intended] for animal lovers of all stripes"--

Author : Darcy Campion Devney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781561649396

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Organizing Special Events and Conferences by Darcy Campion Devney Pdf

Here is help for anyone who has to produce a public event — from a church social or school fundraiser to a national conference. This comprehensive and practical handbook is the first to reveal all the tricks and techniques of the professional event organizer. Packed with step-by-step instructions, checklists, schedules, and lists of organizations, addresses, and publications, this edition includes updated resources that will prove indispensable to event planners.

Author : David Westneat,Charles W. Fox,Charles Fox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195331929

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Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology by David Westneat,Charles W. Fox,Charles Fox Pdf

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology presents a comprehensive treatment of the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors and is suitable as a graduate-level text and as a sourcebook for professional scientists.

Author : David L. Balch
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532659584

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Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement by David L. Balch Pdf

In this book, the author draws on two original sources, on a Greek biographer, historian, and rhetorician, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, as well as on Pompeian domestic art and architecture. Generally, NT scholars read texts, but Greeks and ancient Romans loved beauty. The walls and floors of their houses were decorated with thousands of colorful frescoes and mosaics, art that two millennia later is still on display in Pompeii. Christians lived and worshipped in those typical houses; relating the art to NT texts generates many intriguing new questions! What stories/myths did Greeks and Romans see every day? What were their sports, and how violent were they? Many NT scholars know as much or more Latin than they do Greek, and they therefore cite the Latin historian Livy rather than the Greek Dionysius, who wrote a century before the first Christian historian, Luke. Dionysius' rhetoric expressed values shared across cultures, by Greeks, Romans, and Jews (e.g., by the historian--and rhetorician--Josephus), some values that Luke also shares. Dionysius makes clear that cities and ethnic groups had to praise how they treated emigrant foreigners, questions handled differently by Josephus and by Luke. This enables new interpretations of Jesus' inaugural speech in Luke 4 and of Peter's second Pentecost speech in Acts 10.

Author : Duane Quiatt,Vernon Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521498325

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Primate Behaviour by Duane Quiatt,Vernon Reynolds Pdf

Stressing direct connections between human and nonhuman society, this book about the social life of monkeys, apes and humans emphasizes the importance of social information and knowledge in the understanding of primate behavior and organization.

Author : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199858996

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War, Peace, and Human Nature by Douglas P. Fry Pdf

A collection of essays from leading academics about the nature of war and the capacity for peace as applied to human nature.

Author : Bruce W. Longenecker
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506418971

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Early Christianity in Pompeian Light by Bruce W. Longenecker Pdf

Scholars of early Christianity are awakening to the potential of Pompeii’s treasures for casting light on the settings and situations that were commonplace and conventional for the first urban Christians. The uncovered world of Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., allows us to peer back in time, capturing a heightened sense of what life was like on the ground in the first century – the very time when the early Jesus-movement was beginning to find its feet. In light of the Vesuvian material remains, historians are beginning to ask fresh questions of early Christian texts and perceive new contours, nuances, and subtleties within the situations those texts address. The essays of this book explore different dimensions of Pompeii’s potential to refine our lenses for interpreting the texts and situations of early Christianity. The contributors to this book (including Carolyn Osiek, David Balch, Peter Oakes, Bruce Longenecker, and others) demonstrate that it is an exciting time to explore the interface between the Vesuvian contexts and the early Jesus-movement.

Author : Jerry Suls,Rebecca L. Collins,Ladd Wheeler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190629120

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Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior by Jerry Suls,Rebecca L. Collins,Ladd Wheeler Pdf

Comparison with other people, a core element of social life, influences self-concept, attitudes, conformity, psychological and physical well-being, achievement, educational outcomes, and social movements. Social comparison has become particularly salient as social and income inequalities have been increasingly recognized in the United States and elsewhere globally. This volume presents classic and state-of-the-science chapters by leading experts that survey the major areas of social comparison theory and research. Authored by noted experts, the volume is divided into three sections: Basic Comparison Processes, Neighboring Fields, and Applications. The first section is comprised of chapters that update classic theories and present contemporary advances, such as the dominating effect of local versus global comparisons, an analysis of the psychology of competition, how comparisons across different domains influence self-concept and achievement, and the integral connections between stereotyping and comparison. The second section introduces perspectives from related fields, such as the decision and network sciences, that shed new light on social comparison. The third section focuses on practical applications of comparison, including relative deprivation, health psychology, the effects of income inequality on well-being, and the relationship of power to comparison. This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the field of social comparison and its implications for everyday life.