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Author : Ximena E. Bernal,Rachel A. Page
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889764839
Author : Yngve Espmark,Trond Amundsen,Gunilla Rosenqvist
Publisher : Tapir Academic Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 8251915457
How can we explain the peacock's beautiful tail decorations, or the wonderful song of the nightingale? Why are some smells nice and others nasty? How do animals signal their intentions and qualities to potential partners? How do offspring tell parents about their needs? Are signals tuned to the environment, and to the mental abilities of receivers? Essential for understanding how animals cope with their ecological and social environment, the study of animal signals is one of the most active research areas in evolutionary biology. Understanding the signalling systems of nature has wide-ranging relevance including biological conservation and human communication. Written by international scientists, this is a comprehensive overview of the fascinating diversity of animal signals and signalling functions. Combining reviews and research, the book is aimed at both students and professional scientists.
Author : M. Brock Fenton,Alan D. Grinnell,Arthur N. Popper,Richard R. Fay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781493935277
Arguably biosonar is one of the ‘eye-opening’ discoveries about animal behavior and the auditory systems of echolocators are front and center in this story. Echolocation by bats has proven to be a virtual gold mine for colleagues studying neurobiology, while providing many rich examples of its impact on other areas of bats’ lives. In this volume we briefly review the history of the topic (reminding readers of the 1995 Hearing by Bats). We use a chapter on new findings in the phylogeny of bats to put the information that follows in an evolutionary context. This includes an examination of the possible roles of Prestin and FoxP2 genes and various anatomical features affecting bat vocalizations. We introduce recent work on the role of noseleafs, ears, and other facial components on the focusing of sound and collection of echoes.
Author : Edouard Jurkevitch,Robert J. Mitchell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030455996
The book will provide an update on our understanding of predator-prey through the prism of ecology, physiology, molecular biology, and mathematical modelling. The integration of these different perspectives while focusing on the microbial realm will highlight the importance of scale in ecological interactions, and their importance in applications. This book should thereby contribute to theoretical as well as to applied ecologists and microbiologists. Furthermore, the detailed but amenable chapters could serve as the basis of teaching advanced courses in (microbial) ecology and environmental microbiology.This work is a collection of articles that discuss microbial predation from a variety of perspectives. It provides the readers a concise resource describing factors that are critical for several different predatory microbes, including Myxobacterium spp. and Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), including the mechanisms involved, ecological conditions that adversely impact it and potential applications in aquaculture and bioproduction. The first half of this collection focuses more on ecological aspects of predation, with in-depth discussions on “wolf pack” predators, the presence and activities of predators in waste-water treatment plants and the role of intraguild predatory relationships, i.e., when two different predators are competing for a single prey but also interact with one another. The reader will gain a deeper understanding of the predatory mechanisms involved and their ecological roles. In the latter half, emphasis is given more to the application and limitations of predators. In addition to discussing secondary metabolite production within different microbial predators, the readers will also learn how predators are being used to purify secondary metabolites from prey. This section also discusses the expanding and promising role of predation in aquaculture, focusing on the application of predators to reduce pathogenic populations, but includes some important caveats for young researchers to consider and follow when working with Bdellovibrio. This work is written for both experienced researchers already in the field and for young scientists who are captivated by the thought of predation at the microscale and its growing importance within a wide-array of fields.
Author : Thomas Breithaupt,Martin Thiel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387771014
The crustaceans are ecologically and economically important organisms. They constitute one of the dominant invertebrate groups on earth, particularly within the aquatic realm. Crustaceans include some of the preferred scientific model organism, profitable aquaculture specimen, but also invasive nuisance species threatening native animal communities throughout the world. Chemoreception is the most important sensory modality of crustaceans, acquiring important information about their environment and picking up the chemical signals that mediate communication with conspecifics. Significant advances have been made in our understanding of crustacean chemical communication during the past decade. This includes knowledge about the identity, production, transfer, reception and behavioral function of chemical signals in selected crustacean groups. While it is well known that chemical communication is an integral part of the behavioral ecology of most living organisms, the intricate ways in which organisms allocate chemicals in communication remains enigmatic. How does the environment influence the evolution of chemical communication? What are the environmental cues that induce production or release of chemicals? How do individuals economize production and utilization of chemicals? What is the importance of molecule specificity or mix of a molecule cocktail in chemical communication? What is the role of chemical cues in multimodal communication? How does the ontogenetic stage, the sex or the physiological status of an individual affect its reaction to chemical cues? Many of these questions still represent important challenges to biologists.
Author : Timothy M. Caro
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226094366
Tim Caro explores the many & varied ways in which prey species have evolved defensive characteristics and behaviour to confuse, outperform or outwit their predators, from the camoflaged coat of the giraffe to the extraordinary way in which South American sealions ward off the attacks of killer whales.
Author : Christer Brönmark,Lars-Anders Hansson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199583102
However, our knowledge of this "chemical network" is still negligible.
Author : Tristram D. Wyatt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521112901
This book explains how animals use chemical communication, emphasising the evolutionary context and covering fields from ecology to neuroscience and chemistry.
Author : Dr. Jens Krause,Richard James,Daniel W. Franks,Darren P. Croft
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199679058
This book demonstrates the application of network theory to the social organization of animals.
Author : Johan J. Bolhuis,Luc-Alain Giraldeau,Jerry A. Hogan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119109501
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. Students will benefit from an updated textbook in which a variety of contributors provide their expertise and global perspective in specialized areas
Author : Eugene S. Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107052253
This volume presents a new approach to conceptualizing animal vocal communication, with an emphasis on how receivers' responses influence signalling.
Author : Reginald B. Cocroft,Matija Gogala,Peggy S.M. Hill,Andreas Wessel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662436073
This volume explains the key ideas, questions and methods involved in studying the hidden world of vibrational communication in animals. The authors dispel the notion that this form of communication is difficult to study and show how vibrational signaling is a key to social interactions in species that live in contact with a substrate, whether it be a grassy lawn, a rippling stream or a tropical forest canopy. This ancient and widespread form of social exchange is also remarkably understudied. A frontier in animal behavior, it offers unparalleled opportunities for discovery and for addressing general questions in communication and social evolution. In addition to reviews of advances made in the study of several animal taxa, this volume also explores topics such as vibrational communication networks, the interaction of acoustic and vibrational communication, the history of the field, the evolution of signal production and reception and establishing a common vocabulary.
Author : Peggy S. M. Hill,Reinhard Lakes-Harlan,Valerio Mazzoni,Peter M. Narins,Meta Virant-Doberlet,Andreas Wessel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030222932
This volume is a self-contained companion piece to Studying Vibrational Communication, published in 2014 within the same series. The field has expanded considerably since then, and has even acquired a name of its own: biotremology. In this context, the book reports on new concepts in this fascinating discipline, and features chapters on state-of-the art methods for studying behavior tied to substrate-borne vibrations, as well as an entire section on applied biotremology. Also included are a historical contribution by pioneers in the field and several chapters reviewing the advances that have been made regarding specific animal taxa. Other new topics covered are vibrational communication in vertebrates, multimodal communication, and biotremology in the classroom, as well as in art and music. Given its scope, the book will appeal to all those interested in communication and vibrational behavior, but also to those seeking to learn about an ancient mode of communication.
Author : Ian C. W. Hardy,Mark Briffa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107244399
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 : Ashley Ward,Mike Webster
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319285856
The last decade has seen a surge of interest among biologists in a range of social animal phenomena, including collective behaviour and social networks. In ‘Animal Social Behaviour’, authors Ashley Ward and Michael Webster integrate the most up-to-date empirical and theoretical research to provide a new synthesis of the field, which is aimed at fellow researchers and postgraduate students on the topic.