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Titre : Hormones and animal social behavior Type de document : livre Auteurs : Adkins-Regan, E. Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2005 Collection : Monographs in behavior and ecology Importance : 411 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-09246-1 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animal behaviour Endocrine aspects Social behavior in animals Résumé : Research into the lives of animals in their natural environments has revealed a rich tapestry of complex social relationships and previously unsuspected social and mating systems. The evolution of this behavior is increasingly well understood. At the same time, laboratory scientists have made significant discoveries about how steroid and peptide hormones act on the nervous system to shape behavior. An exciting and rapidly progressing hybrid zone has developed in which these two fields are integrated, providing a fuller understanding of social behavior and the adaptive functions of hormones. This book is a guide to these fascinating connections between animal social behavior and steroid and peptide hormones--a synthesis designed to make it easier for graduate students and researchers to appreciate the excitement, engage in such integrative thinking, and understand the primary literature. Throughout, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan emphasizes concepts and principles, hypothesis testing, and critical thinking. She raises unanswered questions, providing an unparalleled source of ideas for future research. The chapter sequence is by levels of biological organization, beginning with the behavior and hormones of individuals, proceeding to social relationships and systems, and from there to development, behavioral evolution over relatively short time scales, life histories and their evolution, and finally evolution over longer time scales. The book features studies of a wide variety of wild and domestic vertebrates along with some of the most important invertebrate discoveries. Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004054935-t.html Hormones and animal social behavior [livre] / Adkins-Regan, E. . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2005 . - 411 p.. - (Monographs in behavior and ecology) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-09246-1
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Animal behaviour Endocrine aspects Social behavior in animals Résumé : Research into the lives of animals in their natural environments has revealed a rich tapestry of complex social relationships and previously unsuspected social and mating systems. The evolution of this behavior is increasingly well understood. At the same time, laboratory scientists have made significant discoveries about how steroid and peptide hormones act on the nervous system to shape behavior. An exciting and rapidly progressing hybrid zone has developed in which these two fields are integrated, providing a fuller understanding of social behavior and the adaptive functions of hormones. This book is a guide to these fascinating connections between animal social behavior and steroid and peptide hormones--a synthesis designed to make it easier for graduate students and researchers to appreciate the excitement, engage in such integrative thinking, and understand the primary literature. Throughout, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan emphasizes concepts and principles, hypothesis testing, and critical thinking. She raises unanswered questions, providing an unparalleled source of ideas for future research. The chapter sequence is by levels of biological organization, beginning with the behavior and hormones of individuals, proceeding to social relationships and systems, and from there to development, behavioral evolution over relatively short time scales, life histories and their evolution, and finally evolution over longer time scales. The book features studies of a wide variety of wild and domestic vertebrates along with some of the most important invertebrate discoveries. Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004054935-t.html Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67605 Adk_4_67605 Livre Salle des ouvrages 04_Ecologie_animale Disponible
Titre : Sexual conflict Type de document : livre Auteurs : Arnqvist, G. ; Rowe, L. Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2005 Collection : Monographs in behavior and ecology Importance : 330 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12218-2 Note générale : 2 ex. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Agonistic behavior in animals Behaviour Ecology Sexual behavior in animals Résumé : The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two individuals, aimed at replicating their common genome, is being challenged by a growing body of evidence showing that the evolutionary interests of interacting males and females diverge. This book demonstrates that, despite a shared genome, conflicts between interacting males and females are ubiquitous, and that selection in the two sexes is continuously pulling this genome in opposite directions. These conflicts drive the evolution of a great variety of those traits that distinguish the sexes and also contribute to the diversification of lineages. Goran Arnqvist and Locke Rowe present an array of evidence for sexual conflict throughout nature, and they set these conflicts into the well-established theoretical framework of sexual selection. The recognition of conflict between the sexes is transforming our theories for the evolution of mating systems and the sexes themselves. Written by two top researchers in the field, Sexual Conflict is the first book to describe this transformation. It is a must read for all scholars and students interested in the evolutionary biology of reproduction. En ligne : http://books.google.com/books?id=JLfvwPqsHnMC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr Sexual conflict [livre] / Arnqvist, G. ; Rowe, L. . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2005 . - 330 p.. - (Monographs in behavior and ecology) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-12218-2
2 ex.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Agonistic behavior in animals Behaviour Ecology Sexual behavior in animals Résumé : The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two individuals, aimed at replicating their common genome, is being challenged by a growing body of evidence showing that the evolutionary interests of interacting males and females diverge. This book demonstrates that, despite a shared genome, conflicts between interacting males and females are ubiquitous, and that selection in the two sexes is continuously pulling this genome in opposite directions. These conflicts drive the evolution of a great variety of those traits that distinguish the sexes and also contribute to the diversification of lineages. Goran Arnqvist and Locke Rowe present an array of evidence for sexual conflict throughout nature, and they set these conflicts into the well-established theoretical framework of sexual selection. The recognition of conflict between the sexes is transforming our theories for the evolution of mating systems and the sexes themselves. Written by two top researchers in the field, Sexual Conflict is the first book to describe this transformation. It is a must read for all scholars and students interested in the evolutionary biology of reproduction. En ligne : http://books.google.com/books?id=JLfvwPqsHnMC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr Exemplaires (2)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67560 ARN_09_67560 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Disponible 67719 ARN_09_67719 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043 The evolution of animal communication: reliability and deception in signaling systems / Searcy, W.A. (2005)
Titre : The evolution of animal communication: reliability and deception in signaling systems Type de document : livre Auteurs : Searcy, W.A., Auteur ; Nowicki, S., Auteur Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2005 Collection : Monographs in behavior and ecology Importance : 270 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-07095-7 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animal behaviour Communication between animals Résumé : Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these--and other animals--sometimes dishonest? That's what William Searcy and Stephen Nowicki ask in The Evolution of Animal Communication. They take on the fascinating yet perplexing question of the dependability of animal signaling systems. The book probes such phenomena as the begging of nesting birds, alarm calls in squirrels and primates, carotenoid coloration in fish and birds, the calls of frogs and toads, and weapon displays in crustaceans. Do these signals convey accurate information about the signaler, its future behavior, or its environment? Or do they mislead receivers in a way that benefits the signaler? For example, is the begging chick really hungry as its cries indicate or is it lobbying to get more food than its brothers and sisters? Searcy and Nowicki take on these and other questions by developing clear definitions of key issues, by reviewing the most relevant empirical data and game theory models available, and by asking how well theory matches data. They find that animal communication is largely reliable--but that this basic reliability also allows the clever deceiver to flourish. Well researched and clearly written, their book provides new insight into animal communication, behavior, and evolution. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004062445-t.html The evolution of animal communication: reliability and deception in signaling systems [livre] / Searcy, W.A., Auteur ; Nowicki, S., Auteur . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2005 . - 270 p.. - (Monographs in behavior and ecology) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-07095-7
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Animal behaviour Communication between animals Résumé : Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these--and other animals--sometimes dishonest? That's what William Searcy and Stephen Nowicki ask in The Evolution of Animal Communication. They take on the fascinating yet perplexing question of the dependability of animal signaling systems. The book probes such phenomena as the begging of nesting birds, alarm calls in squirrels and primates, carotenoid coloration in fish and birds, the calls of frogs and toads, and weapon displays in crustaceans. Do these signals convey accurate information about the signaler, its future behavior, or its environment? Or do they mislead receivers in a way that benefits the signaler? For example, is the begging chick really hungry as its cries indicate or is it lobbying to get more food than its brothers and sisters? Searcy and Nowicki take on these and other questions by developing clear definitions of key issues, by reviewing the most relevant empirical data and game theory models available, and by asking how well theory matches data. They find that animal communication is largely reliable--but that this basic reliability also allows the clever deceiver to flourish. Well researched and clearly written, their book provides new insight into animal communication, behavior, and evolution. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2004062445-t.html Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67634 SEA_04_67634 Livre Salle des ouvrages 04_Ecologie_animale Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043
Titre : Mating systems and strategies Type de document : livre Auteurs : Stephen M. Shuster, Auteur ; M. J. Wade, Auteur Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2003 Collection : Monographs in behavior and ecology Importance : 533 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-04931-1 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Biometry Evolution Mating systems Reproductive behaviour Selection Sexual behaviour En ligne : http://books.google.com/books?id=bD4FV4uHtlsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr Mating systems and strategies [livre] / Stephen M. Shuster, Auteur ; M. J. Wade, Auteur . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2003 . - 533 p.. - (Monographs in behavior and ecology) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-04931-1
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Biometry Evolution Mating systems Reproductive behaviour Selection Sexual behaviour En ligne : http://books.google.com/books?id=bD4FV4uHtlsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr Exemplaires (3)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67717 SHU_09_67717 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043 67766 SHU_09_67766 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Disponible 68224 SHU_09_68224 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043
Titre : Levels of selection in evolution Type de document : livre Auteurs : Keller, L.(Ed.) Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 1999 Collection : Monographs in behavior and ecology Importance : 318 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-00704-5 Note générale : 2 ex. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Evolution Natural selection Résumé : Ever since the groundbreaking work of George Williams, W. D. Hamilton, and Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologists have recognized that natural selection generally does not operate for the good of the group, but rather for the good of lower-level units such as the individual, the cell, even the gene. One of the fundamental problems of biology is: what keeps competition between these various levels of natural selection from destroying the common interests to be gained from cooperation? In this volume twelve prominent scientists explore this question, presenting a comprehensive survey of the current theoretical and empirical research in evolutionary biology. Recent studies show that at many levels of biological organization, mechanisms have evolved to prevent potential conflict in natural selection. Editor Laurent Keller's aim in this book is to bring together leading researchers from all biological disciplines to outline these potential conflicts and discuss how they are resolved. A multi-level approach of this kind allows important insights into the evolution of life, as well as bridging the long-standing conceptual chasm between molecular and organismal biologists. The chapters here follow a rigorous theoretical framework, giving the book an overall synergy that is unique to multi-authored books. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin032/99022314.html Levels of selection in evolution [livre] / Keller, L.(Ed.) . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1999 . - 318 p.. - (Monographs in behavior and ecology) .
ISBN : 978-0-691-00704-5
2 ex.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Evolution Natural selection Résumé : Ever since the groundbreaking work of George Williams, W. D. Hamilton, and Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologists have recognized that natural selection generally does not operate for the good of the group, but rather for the good of lower-level units such as the individual, the cell, even the gene. One of the fundamental problems of biology is: what keeps competition between these various levels of natural selection from destroying the common interests to be gained from cooperation? In this volume twelve prominent scientists explore this question, presenting a comprehensive survey of the current theoretical and empirical research in evolutionary biology. Recent studies show that at many levels of biological organization, mechanisms have evolved to prevent potential conflict in natural selection. Editor Laurent Keller's aim in this book is to bring together leading researchers from all biological disciplines to outline these potential conflicts and discuss how they are resolved. A multi-level approach of this kind allows important insights into the evolution of life, as well as bridging the long-standing conceptual chasm between molecular and organismal biologists. The chapters here follow a rigorous theoretical framework, giving the book an overall synergy that is unique to multi-authored books. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin032/99022314.html Exemplaires (2)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67342 KEL_09_67342 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Disponible 67714 KEL_09_67714 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Sorti jusqu'au 25/05/2043 PermalinkPermalinkPermalinkPermalink
