Assessments and Decisions: A study of information gathering by hermit crabs / Edition 1

by R. Elwood, S. Neil

Overview

The use of hermit crabs as an experimental model for motivational studies is discussed in this book by expert behavioural ecologists. The book is timely since there is a growing recognition that the integration of causal and functional studies are needed, which is discussed by the authors. This book should be of interest to a wide range of behavioural ecologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412391101
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/31/1991
Series:	Studies in Behavioural Adaptation Series
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

This thorough study recognises the growing awareness that an integration of functional and causal explanation is required in behavioural analyses...The authors appear to have been remarkably successful..basic concepts have been precisely defined; the link with physiology, in particular with the physiological state of the animal during specific parts of behaviour, is exactly explained, also by using appropriate graphics, flow-charts, and photo sequences...the authors have been capable of a true expansion of theory in several fields of ethology. A separate summary with every chapter considerably enhances the easy use of this fine book - Crustaceana

From the Publisher

Using an approach that integrates functional and causal explanations, examines how the hermit crab gathers information and uses it to make decisions in both agonistic and nonagonistic situations. The findings are then assembled into hypotheses of animal behavior generally. Of interest to behavioral ecologists and to those interested in motivational analysis. Accessible to the nonspecialist. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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