Geographic Variation in Behavior Perspectives on Evolutionary Mechanisms

Traditional approaches to the study of animal behavior have most oftenassumed that all members of a species exhibit the same behavior, termedspecies-typical behavior. The papers in Geographic Variation in Behaviordemonstrate the fallacy of this assumption, providing ample evidence ofvariation across the ranges of a wide variety of taxa. The contributors havepioneered a variety of approaches to using geographically variable behavioralphenotypes for addressing these evolutionary issues. They summarize advances inthe field to date, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches,and give a clear and balanced overview of this area. The volume explores some ofthe richness in phenomena, interpretations, and problems which can arise instudies on this subject.