Advances in the Study of Behavior

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.

This volume reflects many of the current themes in animal behavior including the evolution of social behavior, sexual selection and communication. It also reflects controversial topics on which the authors provide interesting, new insights.

Advances in the Study of Behavior is now available online at ScienceDirect — full-text online from volume 30 onwards.

Contributors
Preface


The Strategic Dynamics of Cooperation in Primate Groups
Joan B. Silk

Coexistence in Female-Bonded Primate Groups
S. Peter Henzi and Louise Barrett

The Evolution of Sociality in Spiders
Yael Lubin and Trine Bilde

Molecular Ecology Reveals the Hidden Complexities of the Seychelles Warbler
Jan Komdeur and David S. Richardson

Mate Choice and Genetic Quality: a Review of the Heterozygosity Theory
Bart Kempenaers

Sexual Conflict and the Evolution of Breeding Systems in Shorebirds
Gavin H. Thomas, Tamás Székely, and John D. Reynolds

Post-copulatory Selection in the Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria (L.) and the Mate-now-choose-later Mechanism of Cryptic Female Choice
Paul I. Ward

The Evolution, Function, and Meaning of Marmot Alarm Communication
Daniel T. Blumstein

The Evolution of Geographic Variation in Bird Songs
Jeffrey Podos and Paige S. Warren