Phylogenies and the Comparative Method in Animal Behavior / Edition 1

by Emilia P. Martins

Overview

In the last ten years, the "comparative method" has been revolutionized by modern statistical ways of incorporating phylogenies into the design and analysis of comparative studies. The results of this revolution are particularly important in the study of animal behavior, which has relied on interspecific comparisons to infer universal trends and evolutionary patterns. The chapters of this edited volume consider the impact of modern phylogenetic comparative methods on the study of animal behavior and discuss the main issues that need to be considered in design and analysis of a comparative study, considers possible differences between the evolution of behavior and the evolution of morphology, and reviews how phylogenetic comparative studies have been used in certain areas of behavioral research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195092103
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/11/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 9.46(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

University of Oregon

Table of Contents

1. Phylogenetics in Behavior2. The Statistical Analysis of Interspecific Data3. How to Study Comparative Methods for Discrete Characters4. The Mechanistic Bases of Behavioral Evolution5. Geographic Variation in Behavior6. Phylogenetic Lability and Rates of Phenotypic Evolution7. Comparing Behavioral and Morphological Characters as Indicators of Phylogeny8. The Phylogenetic Content of Avian Courtship Display and Song Evolution9. Comparative Analysis of the Origins and Losses of Eusociality10. Using Comparative Approaches to Integrate Behavior and Population Biology11. Phylogenetic Interpretations of Primate Socioecology12. Using Cladistic Analysis of Comparative data to reconstruct the Evolution of Cognitive Development in Hominids

Editorial Reviews

"Should prove insightful for anyone studying animal behavior, behavioral ecology, neuroethology, sociobiology, and for biologists in general."—BIOSIS

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