Advances in the Study of Behavior. Volume 47 (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Marc Naguib [and six others].
• Editors: Naguib, Marc
• Contents: Front Cover; Advances in the Study of Behavior; Advances in the Study of Behavior; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Reflections over 50Years; References; Animal Welfare and the Paradox of Animal Consciousness; 1. Introduction; 2. Animal Consciousness: The Heart of the Paradox; 2.1 Behaviorism Applies to Other People Too; 3. Human Emotions and Animals Emotions; 3.1 Physiological Indicators of Emotion; 3.2 Behavioral Components of Emotion; 3.2.1 Vacuum Behavior; 3.2.2 Rebound; 3.2.3 "Abnormal" Behavior; 3.2.4 The Animal's Point of View; 3.2.5 Cognitive Bias 3.2.6 Expressions of the Emotions3.3 The Third Component of Emotion: Consciousness; 4. Definitions of Animal Welfare; 5. Conclusions; References; Social Network Analysis in Behavioral Ecology; 1. Introduction; 2. A Historical Perspective on the Study of Animal Social Structure; 2.1 Early Approaches; 2.2 Searching for a Conceptual Framework; 2.3 The Development of Sociometric Approaches in Primates; 2.4 The Study of Social Structure Embraces Nonprimates; 2.5 The Advent of Modern Social Network Analysis in Nonhuman Systems; 3. Social Network Analysis and Topics in Behavioral Ecology 3.1 Social Learning and Culture3.1.1 Theoretical Models of Social Learning and Culture in Structured Populations; 3.1.2 Network-Based Diffusion Methods; 3.1.3 Transmission Dynamics Using Markov Chain Models; 3.2 Collective Movement and Decision-making; 3.2.1 Collective Motion in Nonnavigating Groups; 3.2.2 Collective Navigation; 3.2.3 Initiation of Group Movement and Group Decision-making; 3.3 Animal Personalities; 3.4 Cooperation; 4. Future Directions for Social Network Analysis in Behavioral Ecology; 4.1 Comparative Approaches; 4.2 Dynamic Networks; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments FEAR, Spontaneity, and Artifact in Economic Escape Theory: A Review and Prospectus1. Introduction; 2. A Brief History of Economic Escape Theory; 3. Current Challenges to Economic Escape Theory; 4. Putative Biological Cause of the FID-AD Relationship: Costs Associated with Monitoring an Approaching Predator; 5. Is the Positive Relationship between FID and Its Constraining Variables Only a Mathematical Artifact?; 5.1 Constraint on FID Values by Alert and Starting Distances; 5.2 Methodological Issues
• Publisher Details: Waltham, MA : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 336 pages)
• Subjects: 591.5/1; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Psychology, Comparative -- Periodicals; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; Animal behavior; Human behavior; Psychology, Comparative; Electronic books; Periodicals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0128024747; 9780128024744; 9780128047873; 0128047879
• Notes: Note: ReferencesSentinel Behavior: A Review and Prospectus; 1. What is Sentinel Behavior?; 2. Review of the Literature; 3. How to Test for Coordination?; 4. Ecological Conditions for Sentinel Behavior; 4.1 Habitats; 4.2 Perches; 5. Food; 5.1 Natural Feeding; 5.2 Food Supplements; 6. Relation to Predation Risk; 7. Social Conditions; 7.1 Who are the Sentinels? Age, Sex, and Dominance; 7.2 Group Size; 7.3 Adjustments to Sentinel Behavior of Others; 8. Are Sentinels Safe?; 9. Are Sentinels Selfish?; 10. Coordination and Associated Vocalizations; 11. Prospects; Acknowledgments; References; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 22, 2015).
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