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Author : Walter D. Koenig,Janis L. Dickinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107043435
Brings together long-term studies of cooperation in vertebrates that challenge our understanding of the evolution of social behavior.
Author : Walter D. Koenig,Janis L. Dickinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Animal societies
ISBN : 1316491722
Author : Walter D. Koenig,Janis L. Dickinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1316490629
Cooperative breeders are species in which individuals beyond a pair assist in the production of young in a single brood or litter. Although relatively rare, cooperative breeding is widespread taxonomically and continues to pose challenges to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation and altruistic behavior. Bringing together long-term studies of cooperatively breeding birds, mammals, and fish, this volume provides a synthesis of current studies in the field. The chapters are organised by individual studies of particular species or (in the case of mole-rats) two closely related cooperatively breeding species. Each focuses not only on describing behavior and ecology but also on testing evolutionary hypotheses for the form and function of the diverse and extraordinary cooperative breeding lifestyles that have been discovered. This unique and comprehensive text will be of interest to graduate students and researchers of behavioral ecology and the evolution of cooperation.
Author : Walter D. Koenig,Janis L. Dickinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0521530997
Cooperative breeders are species in which more than a pair of individuals assist in the production of young. Cooperative breeding is found in only a few hundred bird species world-wide, and understanding this often strikingly altruistic behaviour has remained an important challenge in behavioural ecology for over 30 years. This book highlights the theoretical, empirical and technical advances that have taken place in the field of cooperative breeding research since the publication of the seminal work Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long-term Studies of Behavior and Ecology (1990, HB ISBN 0521 372984, PB ISBN 0521 378907). Organized conceptually, special attention is given to ways in which cooperative breeders have proved fertile subjects for testing modern advances to classic evolutionary problems including those of sexual selection, sex-ratio manipulation, life-history evolution, partitioning of reproduction and incest avoidance. It will be of interest to both students and researchers interested in behaviour and ecology.
Author : Jennifer Vonk,Todd Shackelford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 3319550640
This encyclopedia, representing one of the most multi-disciplinary areas of research, is a comprehensive examination of the key areas in animal cognition and behavior. It will serve as a complementary resource to the handbooks and journals that have emerged in the last decade on this topic, and will be a useful resource for student and researcher alike. With comprehensive coverage of this field, key concepts will be explored. These include social cognition, prey and predator detection, habitat selection, mating and parenting, development, genetics, physiology, memory, learning and perception. Attention is also given to animal-human co-evolution and interaction, and animal welfare. All entries are under the purview of acknowledged experts in the field.
Author : Peter B. Stacey,Walter D. Koenig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990-04-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521378907
Cooperative breeding is an unusual kind of social behaviour, found in a few hundred species worldwide, in which individuals other than the parents help raise young. Understanding the apparently altruistic behaviour of helpers has provided numerous challenges to evolutionary biologists. This book includes detailed first-hand summaries of many of the major empirical studies of cooperatively breeding birds. It provides comparative information on the demography, social behaviour and behavioural ecology of these unusual species and explores the diversity of ideas and the controversies which have developed in this field. The studies are all long-term and consequently the book summarises some of the most extensive studies of the behaviour of marked individuals ever undertaken. Graduate students and research workers in ornithology, sociobiology, behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology will find much of value in this book.
Author : Reinmar Hager,Clara B. Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521864091
Skew theory investigates the genetic and ecological factors causal to the partitioning of reproduction in animal groups and may yield fundamental insights into the evolution of animal sociality. This book brings together new theory and empirical work, mostly in vertebrates, to test assumptions and predictions of skew models.
Author : Dustin R. Rubenstein,Patrick Abbot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107043398
A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.
Author : B. Bradford Brown,Mitchell J. Prinstein
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1294 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780123739513
The period of adolescence involves growth, adaptation, and dramatic reorganization in almost every aspect of social and psychological development. The Encyclopedia of Adolescence, Three Volume Set offers an exhaustive and comprehensive review of current theory and research findings pertaining to this critical decade of life. Leading scientists offer accessible and easily readable reviews of biological, social, educational, occupational, and cultural factors that shape adolescent development. Issues in normative development, individual differences, and psychopathology/maladjustment are reviewed. Over 130 chapters are included, each covering a specific aspect or issue of adolescence. The chapters trace differences in the course of adolescence in different nations and among youth with different backgrounds.The encyclopedia brings together cross-disciplinary contributors, including academic researchers, biologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, anthropologists and public policy experts, and will include authors from around the world. Each article features an in-depth analysis of current information on the topic, along with a glossary, suggested readings for further information, and cross-references to related encyclopedia articles. The volumes offer an unprecedented resource for all audiences, providing a more comprehensive understanding of general topics compared to other reference works on the subject.Available both in print and online via SciVerse Science Direct. Winner of the 2011 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference in Humanities & Social Science from the Association of American Publishers; and named a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association's Choice publication Brings together cross-disciplinary contributors, including developmental psychologists, educational psychologists, clinical psychologists, biologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, anthropologists and public policy experts Published both in print and via Elsevier's ScienceDirectTM online platform
Author : Judith Korb,Juergen Heinze
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540759577
The time is ripe to investigate similarities and differences in the course of social evolution in different animals. This book brings together renowned researchers working on sociality in different animals to deal with the key questions of sociobiology. For the first time, they compile the evidence for the importance of ecological factors in the evolution of social life, ranging from invertebrate to vertebrate social systems, and evaluate its importance versus that of relatedness.
Author : Michael Taborsky,Michael A. Cant,Jan Komdeur
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107011182
First book to outline the fundamental principles of social evolution underlying the stunning diversity of social systems and behaviours.
Author : Tim Clutton-Brock
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119095323
The book aims to integrate our understanding of mammalian societies into a novel synthesis that is relevant to behavioural ecologists, ecologists, and anthropologists. It adopts a coherent structure that deals initially with the characteristics and strategies of females, before covering those of males, cooperative societies and hominid societies. It reviews our current understanding both of the structure of societies and of the strategies of individuals; it combines coverage of relevant areas of theory with coverage of interspecific comparisons, intraspecific comparisons and experiments; it explores both evolutionary causes of different traits and their ecological consequences; and it integrates research on different groups of mammals with research on primates and humans and attempts to put research on human societies into a broader perspective.
Author : Glen Everett Woolfenden,John W. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691083673
Florida Scrub Jays are an excellent example of a cooperative-breeding species, in which adult birds often help raise offspring not their own. For more than a decade Glen E. Woolfenden and John W. Fitzpatrick studied a marked population of these birds in an attempt to establish a demographic base for understanding the phenomenon of "helping at the nest." By studying both population biology and behavior, the authors found that habitat restraints, rather than kin selection, are the main source of the behavior of Florida Scrub Jays: the goal of increasing the number of close relatives other than descendants in future generations is of relatively minor importance in their cooperative-breeding behavior. The Florida Scrub Jay lives only in the Florida oak scrub. All acceptable habitat is constantly filled with breeders. Each year about half of the pairs are assisted by one to several nonbreeding helpers. This book provides extensive data on fecundity, survivorship, relatedness, and dispersal to establish the demographic milieu and to address questions arising out of observed helping behavior--whom, how, when, and why the helpers help.
Author : Nancy G. Solomon,Jeffrey A. French
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521454919
COOPERATIVE BREEDING AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN ANIMAL SOCIETIES.
Author : Walter D. Koenig,Janis L. Dickinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0521530997
Cooperative breeders are species in which more than a pair of individuals assist in the production of young. Cooperative breeding is found in only a few hundred bird species world-wide, and understanding this often strikingly altruistic behaviour has remained an important challenge in behavioural ecology for over 30 years. This book highlights the theoretical, empirical and technical advances that have taken place in the field of cooperative breeding research since the publication of the seminal work Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long-term Studies of Behavior and Ecology (1990, HB ISBN 0521 372984, PB ISBN 0521 378907). Organized conceptually, special attention is given to ways in which cooperative breeders have proved fertile subjects for testing modern advances to classic evolutionary problems including those of sexual selection, sex-ratio manipulation, life-history evolution, partitioning of reproduction and incest avoidance. It will be of interest to both students and researchers interested in behaviour and ecology.