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• 1 An Evolutionary Approach To Animal Behavior(p. 1)
• Questions about Behavior(p. 2)
• How Questions about Proximate Causes(p. 3)
• Why Questions about Ultimate Causes(p. 3)
• Answering Proximate and Ultimate Questions about Behavior(p. 5)
• Beewolves and Homing Behavior(p. 5)
• Gulls and Eggshell Removal(p. 9)
• Darwinian Theory and Ultimate Hypotheses(p. 11)
• Darwinian Logic and the Study of Behavior(p. 13)
• The Problem with Group Selection(p. 14)
• Testing Alternative Hypotheses(p. 16)
• Certainty and Science(p. 18)
• 2 Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Behavior: How and Why Birds Sing(p. 22)
• Different Songs: Proximate Causes(p. 24)
• Social Experience and Song Development(p. 26)
• The Avian Song Control System(p. 28)
• The Development of the Song Control System(p. 31)
• Song Differences Between the Sexes(p. 32)
• Avoiding a Misunderstanding(p. 34)
• Different Songs: Ultimate Causes(p. 34)
• The Adaptationist Approach(p. 35)
• Why Do Only Males Sing?(p. 39)
• Natural Selection and Dialects(p. 42)
• Proximate and Ultimate Causes Are Complementary(p. 45)
• 3 The Development of Behavior: A Focus on Heredity(p. 50)
• The Genetics of Behavior(p. 52)
• Genetic Differences and Human Behavior(p. 55)
• Genetic Differences and IQ Differences(p. 57)
• How Many Genetic Differences Are Needed to Produce a Behavioral Difference?(p. 59)
• The Evolution of Behavior(p. 65)
• Different Selection Pressures, Different Genes, Different Behaviors(p. 67)
• 4 The Development of Behavior: A Focus on the Environment(p. 76)
• The Interactive Theory of Development: Hormones and Behavior(p. 78)
• When to Become a Forager in a Honey Bee Colony(p. 80)
• When to Become a Territorial Male(p. 82)
• Experience and Behavioral Development(p. 84)
• Early Experience and Recognition of Relatives(p. 85)
• Learning as Behavioral Development(p. 90)
• Evolution and Behavioral Development(p. 92)
• The Adaptive Value of Developmental Flexibility(p. 94)
• Sex Differences in Spatial Learning Ability(p. 98)
• The Evolution of Associative Learning(p. 99)
• The Evolution of Developmental Homeostasis(p. 103)
• The Adaptive Value of Developmental Homeostasis(p. 106)
• 5 The Control of Behavior: Neural Mechanisms(p. 114)
• How Neurons Control Behavior(p. 116)
• Sensory Receptors and Survival(p. 119)
• Relaying and Responding to Sensory Input(p. 126)
• Central Pattern Generators(p. 128)
• The Song of the Midshipman Fish(p. 131)
• The Proximate Basis of Stimulus Filtering(p. 132)
• Stimulus Filtering by Auditory Receptors(p. 132)
• Stimulus Filtering in the Tactile Mode(p. 134)
• Adaptive Proximate Mechanisms of Behavior(p. 137)
• Adaptive Mechanisms of Navigation(p. 142)
• An Olfactory Map(p. 145)
• 6 The Organization of Behavior: Neurons and Hormones(p. 154)
• How Neural Command Centers Organize Behavior(p. 156)
• Clock Mechanisms and Behavioral Schedules(p. 159)
• How Do Circadian Mechanisms Work?(p. 161)
• Long-Term Cycles of Behavior(p. 165)
• The Physical Environment Influences Long-Term Cycles(p. 167)
• Changing Priorities in Changing Social Environments(p. 170)
• The Effects of Copulation in the Green Anole(p. 171)
• Hormones Help Organize Social Behavior(p. 173)
• 7 Adaptation and Antipredator Behavior(p. 182)
• The Meaning of Adaptation(p. 184)
• The Comparative Method for Testing Adaptationist Hypotheses(p. 187)
• The Importance of Divergent Evolution(p. 189)
• The Importance of Convergent Evolution(p. 190)
• The Diversity of Antipredator Adaptations(p. 192)
• The Value of Body "Decorations"(p. 194)
• The Value of Warning Behavior(p. 197)
• How To Stop a Pursuer(p. 200)
• The Value of Vigilance(p. 202)
• The Dilution Effect and the Selfish Herd(p. 204)
• Fighting Back(p. 207)
• A Tactic of Last Resort?(p. 209)
• 8 The Evolution of Feeding Behavior(p. 214)
• Locating Food(p. 216)
• The Origins of Prey-Locating Mechanisms(p. 217)
• Getting Help from Companions(p. 219)
• The History of Honey Bee Dances(p. 222)
• The Adaptive Value of Honey Bee Dances(p. 225)
• The Information Center Hypothesis(p. 227)
• Locating Prey by Deceit(p. 229)
• Selecting What to Eat(p. 231)
• How to Choose an Optimal Clam(p. 233)
• How to Choose an Optimal Mussel(p. 234)
• Criticisms of Optimality Theory(p. 236)
• The Evolution of Alternative Diets(p. 236)
• Consuming What You Select to Eat(p. 238)
• How to Open a Whelk(p. 240)
• Why Do Humans Consume Alcohol, Spices, and Dirt?(p. 242)
• 9 Choosing Where to Live(p. 248)
• Habitat Selection(p. 250)
• Habitat Preferences in a Territorial Species(p. 253)
• Dispersing from One Place to Another(p. 255)
• Migration(p. 259)
• The Costs of Migration(p. 260)
• The Benefits of Migration(p. 262)
• Migration as a Conditional Tactic(p. 264)
• Territoriality(p. 266)
• Territoriality and Calories(p. 269)
• Territorial Puzzles(p. 271)
• Why Do Territory Holders Almost Always Win?(p. 272)
• 10 The Evolution of Communication(p. 280)
• The Origins and Adaptive Value of a Signal(p. 282)
• Cumulative Selection and Multiple Changes(p. 283)
• The Adaptive Value of Past Changes(p. 284)
• Current Adaptive Value(p. 286)
• The History of a Signal-Receiving Mechanism(p. 287)
• The History of Insect Wings(p. 289)
• Sensory Exploitation of Signal Receivers by Signalers(p. 292)
• Sensory Preferences May Precede the Evolution of a Signal(p. 293)
• The Panda Principle(p. 297)
• The Adaptationist Approach to Communication Systems(p. 299)
• Why Do Baby Birds Beg So Noisily for Food?(p. 300)
• Illegitimate Receivers(p. 305)
• Adaptive Signal Receiving(p. 307)
• Receivers May Require Honest Signals(p. 308)
• Why Does Deception Occur?(p. 311)
• 11 The Evolution of Reproductive Behavior(p. 316)
• The Evolution of Differences in Sex Roles(p. 318)
• Testing the Evolutionary Theory of Sex Differences(p. 323)
• Sexual Selection and Competition for Mates(p. 327)
• Social Dominance and Male Fitness(p. 331)
• Alternative Mating Tactics(p. 332)
• A Conditional Strategy with Alternative Mating Tactics(p. 334)
• Three Distinct Strategies: Three Mating Tactics(p. 335)
• Sexual Selection and Sperm Competition(p. 337)
• Mate Guarding(p. 338)
• Sexual Selection and Mate Choice(p. 341)
• Female Mate Choice without Material Benefits(p. 346)
• Testing the Healthy Mate, Good Genes, and Runaway Selection Theories(p. 351)
• Sexual Conflict between Males and Females(p. 353)
• 12 The Evolution of Mating Systems(p. 360)
• Is Monogamy Adaptive?(p. 362)
• Monogamy in Mammals(p. 364)
• Monogamy in Birds(p. 366)
• Extra-Pair Copulations: The Male Perspective(p. 369)
• Extra-Pair Copulations: The Female Perspective(p. 370)
• Polyandry without Polygyny(p. 375)
• Polygyny(p. 377)
• Female Defense Polygyny: The Female Perspective(p. 379)
• Resource Defense Polygyny(p. 380)
• Resource Defense Polygyny: The Female Perspective(p. 381)
• Scramble Competition Polygyny(p. 382)
• Lek Polygyny(p. 385)
• Why Do Males Aggregate in Leks?(p. 386)
• Why Do Many Females Mate with the Same Males at Leks?(p. 389)
• 13 The Evolution of Parental Care(p. 394)
• Why Is Parental Care More Often Maternal than Paternal?(p. 396)
• Exceptions to the Rule(p. 397)
• Why Do Male Water Bugs Do All the Work?(p. 400)
• Discriminating Parental Care(p. 402)
• Offspring Recognition: Comparative Studies(p. 403)
• Why Adopt Genetic Strangers?(p. 404)
• The History of Interspecific Brood Parasitism(p. 406)
• Why Accept a Parasite's Egg?(p. 408)
• Can Adoption Benefit Foster Parents?(p. 410)
• The Evolution of Parental Favoritism(p. 411)
• 14 The Evolution of Social Behavior(p. 420)
• The Benefits and Costs of Social Life(p. 422)
• The Evolution of Helpful Behavior(p. 427)
• Reciprocal Altruism or Personal Gain?(p. 429)
• Altruism and Indirect Selection(p. 433)
• The Alarm Call of Belding's Ground Squirrel(p. 434)
• The Concept of Inclusive Fitness(p. 435)
• Inclusive Fitness and Helpers at the Nest(p. 437)
• Insect Helpers at the Nest(p. 442)
• The Evolution of Eusocial Behavior(p. 445)
• Testing the Haplodiploid Hypothesis(p. 447)
• Very Close Relatedness Is Not Essential for Eusociality to Evolve(p. 449)
• The Ecology of Eusociality(p. 451)
• 15 The Evolution of Human Behavior(p. 456)
• The Adaptationist Approach to Human Behavior(p. 458)
• The Sociobiology Controversy(p. 459)
• Evolution and the Diversity of Human Cultures(p. 462)
• Sociobiology versus Arbitrary Culture Theory(p. 464)
• Adaptive Mating Decisions(p. 466)
• Adaptive Mate Choice by Women(p. 466)
• Adaptive Mate Choice by Men(p. 471)
• Conflict between the Sexes(p. 474)
• Coercive Sex(p. 477)
• Adaptive Parental Care(p. 480)
• Helping Children Marry(p. 482)
• Glossary(p. 489)
• Bibliography(p. 495)
• Illustration Credits(p. 529)
• Index(p. 531)