Advances in the Study of Behavior

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 52, provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including ecological determinants of sex roles and female sexual selection, copulatory behavior and genital morphology in vertebrates, proximate and ultimate influences on social behavior, and more. Sample chapters in this release include Ecological determinants of sex roles and female sexual selection, Sensory information in social insects, How the material basis of colors impacts how they evolve, participate in behavioral interactions, and interface with other life history characters, Fiddler crabs, the Evolution of female coloration, and more.

Serves the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behaviorMakes another important contribution to the development of the fieldPresents theoretical ideas and research to those studying animal behavior and related fields

1. Ecological determinants of sex roles and female sexual selection

Robin M. Hare and Leigh W. Simmons

2. Integrating nutritional and behavioral ecology: Mutual benefits and new Frontiers

Nathan I. Morehouse, David Raubenheimer, Adam Kay and Susan M. Bertram

3. Copulatory behavior and its relationship to genital morphology

Patricia L.R. Brennan and Dara N. Orbach

4. Evolution of female coloration: What have we learned from birds in general and blue tits in particular

Claire Doutrelant, Amélie Fargevieille and Arnaud Grégoire

5. Variation, plasticity, and alternative mating tactics: Revisiting what we know about the socially monogamous prairie vole

Jesus E. Madrid, Karen J. Parker and Alexander G. Ophir

6. Can't see the "hood" for the trees: Can avian cooperative breeding currently be understood using the phylogenetic comparative method?

Andrew Cockburn