Advances in the Study of Behavior

by Peter J.B. Slater (Editor), Jay S. Rosenblatt (Editor), Timothy J. Roper (Editor), Charles T. Snowdon (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080582894
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	02/26/1999
Series:	ISSN , #28
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

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.

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.

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.

Table of Contents

C. ten Cate and D.R. Voss, Sexual Imprinting and Evolutionary Processes in Birds: A Reassessment.
H. Whitehead and S. Dufault, Techniques for Analyzing Vertebrate Social Structure Using Identified Individuals: Review and Recommendations.
N.C. Bennett, C.G. Faulkes, and J.U.M. Jarvis, Socially Induced Infertility, Incest Avoidance and the Monopoly of Reproduction in Cooperatively Breeding African Mole-Rats, Family Bathyergidae.
N.S. Clayton and J.A. Soha, Memory in Avian Food Caching and Song Learning: A General Mechanism or Different Processes?
C. Rovee-Collier and K. Hartshorn, Long-Term Memory in Human Infants: Lessons in Psychobiology.
T.J. Roper, Olfaction in Birds.
S. Thirgood, J. Langbein, and R.J. Putman, Intraspecific Variation in Ungulate Mating Strategies: The Case of the Flexible Fallow Deer.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Series
"The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a valuable reference for workers in endocrinology, neurology, physiology, ethnology, and ecology."
—BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS

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