Advances in the Study of Behavior

, by Mitani; Brockmann; Roper; Naguib; Wynne-Edwards

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ISBN: 9780123808929 | 0123808928
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Copyright: 6/30/2010

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Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This volume makes another important "contribution to the development of the field" by presenting theoretical ideas and research to those studying animal behavior and to their colleagues in neighboring fields. Advances in the Study of Behavior is now available online at ScienceDirect '?" full-text online from volume 30 onward.

Contributors	p. ix
The Cognition of Caching and Recovery in Food-Storing Birds
Introduction	p. 1
Use of Spatial Memory to Recover Caches	p. 2
Variation	p. 6
Caching, Recovery, and the-Hippocampus	p. 10
Adaptive Specialization?	p. 22
Conclusion	p. 25
References	p. 26
The Evolution of Mate Preferences, Sensory Biases, and Indicator Traits
Introduction	p. 35
New Approach for Testing the Indicator Models	p. 40
Evolution of Indicator Traits	p. 57
Additional Suggestions for Further Research	p. 67
Acknowledgments	p. 68
References	p. 68
Age-Related Changes in Birds' Singing Styles: On Fresh Tunes and Fading Voices?
Introduction	p. 77
Signaling Age-Why Would or Should One, After All?	p. 78
Song Structures That Encode Age Information	p. 87
Patterns of Changes: The Big Shift Between Year 1 and 2?	p. 95
Longitudinal Versus Cross-Sectional Comparisons	p. 101
How to Change Singing Styles: Possible Mechanisms	p. 104
A Synthesis	p. 107
Acknowledgments	p. 110
References	p. 110
Tonic Communication in the Antipredator Behavior of Ground Squirrels
Introduction	p. 119
Multiple Time Frames of Behavioral Processes	p. 121
Tonic Communication	p. 123
Tonic Processes in Ground Squirrel Antipredator Behavior	p. 125
Complexities in the Concept of Tonic Communication	p. 133
Future Directions: Dealing with Resistant Signal Targets	p. 142
Conclusion	p. 144
Acknowledgments	p. 145
References	p. 145
Parasite Manipulation of Host Behavior: An Update and Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction	p. 151
When Is It Adaptive Manipulation?	p. 153
What Kinds of Parasites Manipulate Their Host?	p. 156
What Host Traits Are Manipulated by Parasites?	p. 159
Why Do Some Parasites Manipulate Their Host but Others Do not?	p. 162
How Effective Is Host Manipulation?	p. 173
How Do Parasites Do It?	p. 176
Looking Ahead	p. 179
Acknowledgments	p. 181
References	p. 181
Calling in the Face of Danger; Predation Risk and Acoustic Communication by Parent Birds and Their Offspring
Introduction	p. 187
Vocalizations by Young	p. 189
Parental Vocalizations	p. 214
Acoustic Interactions Between Parents and Young	p. 232
Conclusions and Future Directions	p. 238
Acknowledgments	p. 242
References	p. 242
How Many Ways Can Mouse Behavioral Experiments Go Wrong? Confounding Variables in Mouse Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases and How to Control Them
The Importance of Genetically Modified Mice in Neurobehavioral Research	p. 256
The R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease	p. 257
Behavioral Phenotyping	p. 258
Critiques and Confounds in the Neurobehavioral Phenotyping of Genetically Modified Mice	p. 262
The Mouse Itself as a Confounding Factor	p. 264
The Rearing Environment and Life-Time Experience of the Mouse	p. 280
Neurobehavioral Test Batteries: Experimental Design and Statistics	p. 293
The Test Room Environment	p. 306
The Test Apparatus	p. 311
Experimenter Effects	p. 320
Publication Bias	p. 326
General Summary: What Have We Learned About
Testing Mouse Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases?	p. 326
Acknowledgments	p. 330
References	p. 330
Index	p. 367
Contents of previous Volumes	p. 375
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