Animal Behavior

3rd Edition - November 24, 2021
Imprint: Academic Press
Authors: Michael D. Breed, Janice Moore
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
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Animal Behavior, Third Edition covers animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation. The book's authors, Michael Breed and Janice Moore, bring almost 60 years of combined experience as university professors, much of that teaching animal behavior. Chapters cover this social behavior and the relationship between parasites, pathogens and behavior. Thoughtful coverage has also been given to foraging behavior, mating and parenting behavior, anti-predator behavior, and learning. The book addresses the physiological foundations of behavior in a way that is both accessible and inviting, with each chapter beginning with learning objectives and ending with thought-provoking questions.

Additionally, special terms and definitions are highlighted throughout, making this book an essential work for students and academic seeking a foundation in the field.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Preface
Chapter 1. Of Cockroaches and Wolves: Framing Animal Behavior
Abstract
Chapter Outline
1.1 Introduction: Animal Behavior
1.2 Wolves: Lessons in Social Behavior
1.3 Cockroaches: Models for Animal Behavior
1.4 The Four Questions Revisited
1.5 Evolution: A Review
1.6 The Study of Animal Behavior: Where Did it Come From?
1.7 Umwelt: The World in Which Animals Behave
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Chapter 2. Neurobiology and Endocrinology for Animal Behaviorists
Abstract
Chapter Outline
2.1 Neurobiology, Endocrinology, and Sensory Systems: An Overview
2.2 What Does an Animal Behaviorist Need to Know About Neurobiology?
2.3 What Does an Animal Behaviorist Need to Know About Endocrinology?
2.4 What Does an Animal Behaviorist Need to Know About Sensory Systems?
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 3. Behavioral Genetics
Abstract
Chapter Outline
3.1 Introduction: Principles of Behavioral Genetics
3.2 The Nature Versus Nurture Debate
3.3 Domestication
3.4 Phylogeny
3.5 Classical and Mendelian Genetics
3.6 Quantitative and Biometrical Genetics
3.7 Evolutionary and Population Genetics
3.8 Molecular Genetics
Summary
Study Questions
Notes
Further Reading
Chapter 4. Homeostasis and Time Budgets
Abstract
Chapter Outline
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Drive Theory and Homeostasis
4.3 Behavioral Syndromes, Personality, Emotion, and Mood
4.4 Biological Clocks and Circadian Rhythms
4.5 Modern Concepts of Homeostatic Regulation
4.6 Time Budgets and Trade-Offs: Balancing Demands in How Animals Budget Their Time
Summary
Study Questions
Notes
Further Reading
Chapter 5. Learning
Abstract
Chapter Outline
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Learning and Memory
5.3 Basic Models for Learning
5.4 Social Learning: Traditions and “Cultural” Transmission of Information in Animals
5.5 Play, Learning, and Development
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 6. Cognition
Abstract
Chapter Outline
6.1 Introduction: What Is Cognition?
6.2 The Concept of Self
6.3 Thought, Foresight, and Problem Solving
6.4 Decision-Making and Probabilities
6.5 Intelligence and Social Cognition
6.6 The Frontal Lobe and Impulse Control
6.7 Animal Emotions
6.8 Are Cognitive Abilities Under- or Over-Attributed to Animals?
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 7. Communication
Abstract
Chapter Outline
7.1 Introduction: Communication Theory
7.2 Evolution of Communication
7.3 Modes of Communication
7.4 Multimodal Signaling and Encoding Complex Messages
7.5 Runaway Sexual Selection and Signaling
7.6 Deceit Versus Honest Signaling
7.7 Game Theory and Communication
7.8 Interspecific Signaling
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 8. Movement
Abstract
Chapter Outline
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Sources of Navigational Information
8.3 Sensing the Environment in Time and Space
8.4 How to Respond to Sensory Information: A Toolbox for Finding the Way
8.5 Search
8.6 Homing
8.7 Migration
8.8 Dispersal
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 9. Foraging
Abstract
Chapter Outline
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Diet Choice and Food Selection
9.3 How Animals Get Food
9.4 Willing Food
9.5 Manipulation of Prey
9.6 Parasitic Life Cycles
9.7 Foraging and Optimality Theory
9.8 Optimal Patch Choice
9.9 Optimal Prey Choice
9.10 Nutritional Constraints
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 10. Self-Defense
Abstract
Chapter Outline
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Cryptic Behavior: Camouflage
Types of Camouflage
10.3 Vigilance and Alarm
10.4 Mimicry and Diversion
10.5 Evasion
10.6 Predator Deterrence and Fighting Back
10.7 Pathogen Avoidance/Deterrence and Sickness Behavior
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Notes
Chapter 11. Mating Systems
Abstract
Chapter Outline
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Evolution of Sex: Why Some Animals Are Called Male and Others Female
11.3 Sexual Selection
11.4 Variance in Mating Success
11.5 Mate Choice
11.6 Mating Systems: How Many Males, How Many Females?
11.7 Hormones and Sexual Behavior
11.8 Hormones, Territoriality, and Aggression
11.9 Sperm Competition
11.10 Good Genes Models for Choosing a Mate
11.11 Forced Copulations
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 12. Nesting, Parenting, and Territoriality
Abstract
Chapter Outline
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Nests and Nesting
12.3 Parental Investment
12.4 Patterns of Parental Care
Parental Care When Fertilization Is External
Uniparental Caregiving
Biparental Caregiving
Intra- and Interspecific Adoptions
12.5 Hormones and Parental Behavior
12.6 Parenting and Conflicts of Interest
12.7 Begging and Weaning Conflict
12.8 Sibling Conflict
12.9 Infanticide
12.10 Aggression and Territoriality
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 13. Social Behavior, Cooperation, and Kinship
Abstract
Chapter Outline
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Altruism or Selfish Interests?
13.3 Schools, Flocks, Hordes, and Herds
13.4 Social Network Analysis
13.5 Explaining Cooperation
13.6 Extreme Cooperation: Eusociality
13.7 Lack of Ecological Choice in Aid-Giving Decisions
13.8 Social Recognition, Kin Recognition, and Cooperation with Close Relatives
13.9 Social Symbioses
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 14. Comparative Social Behavior
Abstract
Chapter Outline
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Vertebrate Social Systems
14.3 Invertebrate Eusociality: Workers and the Division of Labor
14.4 Invertebrate Eusociality: Queens and Reproduction
14.5 Eusociality: Colony Defense
14.6 Eusocial Invertebrates
Summary
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Chapter 15. Conservation and Behavior
Abstract
Chapter Outline
15.1 Introduction: Conservation and the Future of Animal Behavior
15.2 Species Protection in Natural Habitats
15.3 Extinctions and Behavior
15.4 Reserve Design
15.5 Captive Breeding Programs and Reintroductions
15.6 Human–Wildlife Interface in the Suburbs
Summary: The Future and Conservation Behavior
Study Questions
Further Reading
Notes
Index

Michael D. Breed

After receiving his PhD from the University of Kansas in 1977, Dr. Breed began work as a faculty member at the University of Colorado, Boulder and taught as a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology until his retirement in 2019. He taught courses in general biology, animal behavior, insect biology, and tropical biology. His research program focused on the behavior and ecology of social insects, and he worked on ants, bees, and wasps. He studied many aspects of social behavior, including nestmate recognition, division of labor, the genetics of colony defense, the behavior of defensive bees, and communication during colony defense. Dr. Breed was the Executive Editor of the scientific journals Animal Behaviour from 2006-2009 and Insectes Sociaux from 2014-2018.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

Janice Moore

As an undergraduate, I was inspired by parasitologist Clark P. Read to think about the ecology and evolution of parasites in new ways. I was especially excited to learn that parasites affected animal behavior, another favorite subject area. Most biologists outside the world of parasitology were not interested in parasites; they were relegated to a nether world someplace between the biology of free-living organisms and medicine. After peregrination through more than one graduate program, I completed my PhD studying parasites and behavior at the University of New Mexico. I did postdoctoral work on parasite community ecology with Dan Simberloff at Florida State University, and then accepted a faculty position at Colorado State University, where I have remained since 1983. I am currently a Professor in the Department of Biology where I teach courses in invertebrate zoology, animal behavior, and history of medicine. I study a variety of aspects of parasite ecology and host behavior ranging from behavioral fever and transmission behavior to the ecology of introduced parasite species.

Affiliations and expertise

Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

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