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Betty McGuire is from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Her research focuses on parental behavior, reproduction, and ecology of small mammals, and she occasionally dabbles in work with larger domestic animals such as dogs and horses.
Elizabeth Jakob, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, studies the behavior of spiders, asking questions about their learning, perception, and interactions with conspecifics and with other species. She has carried out field projects in California, Mexico, Massachusetts, and Maine.
Part 1. Approaches to the Study of Animal Behavior.
Chapter 2. History of the Study of Animal Behavior.
Chapter 3. Genetic Analysis of Behavior.
Chapter 4.Natural Selection and Behavior.
Chapter 5. Learning and Cognition.
Chapter 6. Physiological Analysis-Nerve Cells and Behavior.
Chapter 7. Physiological Analysis of Behavior -The Endocrine System.
Chapter 8. The Development of Behavior.
Part 2. Survival.
Chapter 9. Biological Clocks.
Chapter 10. Mechanisms of Orientation and Navigation.
Chapter 11. The Ecology and Evolution of Spatial Distribution.
Chapter 12. Foraging Behavior.
Chapter 13. Antipredator Behavior.
Part 3. Interactions Between Individual s.
Chapter 14. Reproductive Behavior.
Chapter 15. Parental Care and Mating Systems.
Chapter 16. Communication: Channels and Functions.
Chapter 17. The Evolution of Communication.
Chapter 18. Conflict.
Chapter 19. Group Living, Altruism, and Cooperation.
Glossary.
References.
Photo Credits.
Permissions.
Index.